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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Carry out surveillance for diseases Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Carnivores: Use of automated feeders Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Carnivores: Use food as a reward in animal training Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Carnivores: Supplement meat-based diets with prebiotic plant material to facilitate digestion Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 |
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Carnivores: Supplement meat-based diet with vitamins or minerals Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Carnivores: Supplement meat-based diet with fatty acids Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Carnivores: Supplement meat-based diet with amino acids Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 |
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Carnivores: Scatter food around enclosure Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 2 |
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Carnivores: Provide live vertebrate prey Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 2 |
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Carnivores: Provide live invertebrate prey, including in feeding devices Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 |
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Carnivores: Provide food on a random temporal schedule Action Link |
Trade-off between benefit and harms | 7 |
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Carnivores: Provide food during visitor experiences Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Carnivores: Provide food during natural active periods Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Carnivores: Provide devices to simulate live prey, including sounds, lures, pulleys and bungees Action Link |
Trade-off between benefit and harms | 3 |
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Carnivores: Provide bones, hides or partial carcasses Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 4 |
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Carnivores: Present food inside objects (e.g. Boomer balls) Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 4 |
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Carnivores: Present food in/on water Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Carnivores: Present food frozen in ice Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 4 |
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Carnivores: Increase variety of food items Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Carnivores: Hide food around enclosure Action Link |
Beneficial | 6 |
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Carnivores: Hand-feed Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Carnivores: Feed whole carcasses (with or without organs/gastrointestinal tract) Action Link |
Trade-off between benefit and harms | 6 |
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Carnivores: Feed individuals within a social group Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Carnivores: Feed individuals separately Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Carnivores: Feed commercially prepared diets Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 5 |
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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.