Conservation Evidence: Evidence Data

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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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Action	Effectiveness	Studies	Category
Provide artificial nesting sites for songbirds Action Link	Beneficial	65	Synopsis Link
Plant wild bird seed or cover mixture Action Link	Beneficial	40	Synopsis Link
Provide supplementary food for songbirds to increase reproductive success Action Link	Likely to be beneficial	37	Synopsis Link
Provide supplementary food for songbirds to increase adult survival Action Link	Beneficial	34	Synopsis Link
Pay farmers to cover the costs of bird conservation measures Action Link	Likely to be beneficial	30	Synopsis Link
Use prescribed burning on pine forests Action Link	Trade-off between benefit and harms	28	Synopsis Link
Provide artificial nesting sites for wildfowl Action Link	Beneficial	27	Synopsis Link
Restore or create grasslands Action Link	Likely to be beneficial	23	Synopsis Link
Provide or retain set-aside areas in farmland Action Link	Beneficial	22	Synopsis Link
Provide artificial nesting sites for falcons Action Link	Beneficial	22	Synopsis Link
Use prescribed burning on grasslands Action Link	Trade-off between benefit and harms	21	Synopsis Link
Control mammalian predators on islands for seabirds Action Link	Beneficial	18	Synopsis Link
Provide artificial nesting sites for owls Action Link	Beneficial	18	Synopsis Link
Scare birds from fish farms Action Link	Likely to be ineffective or harmful	16	Synopsis Link
Use streamer lines to reduce seabird bycatch on longlines Action Link	Beneficial	16	Synopsis Link
Restore or create forests Action Link	Beneficial	16	Synopsis Link
Plant grass buffer strips/margins around arable or pasture fields for birds Action Link	Likely to be beneficial	15	Synopsis Link
Leave overwinter stubbles Action Link	Likely to be beneficial	14	Synopsis Link
Thin trees within forests Action Link	Trade-off between benefit and harms	14	Synopsis Link
Provide artificial nesting sites for burrow-nesting seabirds Action Link	Likely to be beneficial	14	Synopsis Link
Release captive-bred individuals into the wild to restore or augment wild populations of raptors Action Link	Likely to be beneficial	14	Synopsis Link
Manually control or remove midstorey and ground-level vegetation (including mowing, chaining, cutting etc) in forests Action Link	Trade-off between benefit and harms	13	Synopsis Link
Provide calcium supplements to increase survival or reproductive success Action Link	Likely to be beneficial	13	Synopsis Link
Reduce grazing intensity Action Link	Likely to be beneficial	12	Synopsis Link
Employ grazing in natural grasslands Action Link	Trade-off between benefit and harms	12	Synopsis Link

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