Actions to conserve biodiversity
We have summarised evidence from the scientific literature about the effects of actions to conserve wildlife and ecosystems.
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Restore or create wetlands Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 4 |
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Cull disease-infected animals Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 1 |
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Install barrier fencing along railways Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 |
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Install wildlife exclusion grates/cattle grids Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 3 |
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Ban private ownership of hunted mammals Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 |
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Install signage to warn motorists about wildlife presence Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 6 |
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Incentivise species protection through licensed trophy hunting Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 |
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Install crossings over/under pipelines Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 3 |
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Install overpasses over waterways Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 2 |
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Provide mammals with escape routes from canals Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 5 |
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Educate the public to improve behaviour towards marine and freshwater mammals Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 3 |
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Exclude or remove livestock from historically grazed freshwater marshes Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 10 |
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Exclude or remove livestock from historically grazed brackish/saline swamps Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 |
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Use low-impact methods to harvest vegetation: freshwater swamps Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 |
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Cut large trees/shrubs to maintain or restore disturbance: freshwater swamps Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 |
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Use herbicide to maintain or restore disturbance: freshwater marshes Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 |
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Use herbicide to maintain or restore disturbance: freshwater swamps Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 |
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Physically damage problematic plants: freshwater swamps Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 2 |
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Use cutting/mowing to control problematic herbaceous plants: freshwater swamps Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 2 |
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Use prescribed fire to control problematic plants: freshwater swamps Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 |
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Use herbicide to control problematic plants: freshwater swamps Action Link |
Trade-off between benefit and harms | 4 |
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Introduce organisms to control problematic plants: freshwater swamps Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 |
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Restore/create freshwater marshes or swamps (multiple actions) Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 17 |
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Raise water level to restore/create freshwater marshes from other land uses Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 26 |
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Facilitate tidal exchange to restore/create brackish/salt marshes from other land uses Action Link |
Beneficial | 14 |
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What are 'Individual studies' and 'Actions'?
Individual studies
An individual study is a summary of a specific scientific study, usually taken from a scientific journal, but also from other resources such as reports. It tells you the background context, the action(s) taken and their consequences.
If you want more detail please look at the original reference.
Actions
Each action page focuses on a particular action you could take to benefit wildlife or ecosystems.
It contains brief (150-200 word) descriptions of relevant studies (context, action(s) taken and their consequences) and one or more key messages.
Key messages show the extent and main conclusions of the available evidence. Using links within key messages, you can look at the paragraphs describing each study to get more detail. Each paragraph allows you to assess the quality of the evidence and how relevant it is to your situation.
Where we found no evidence, we have been unable to assess whether or not an intervention is effective or has any harmful impacts.