What works in conservation
What works in conservation 2020 / [electronic resource] .
edited by William J. Sutherland, Lynn V. Dicks, Silviu O. Petrovan and Rebecca K. Smith.
- Fifth edition.
- 1 online resource (794 pages)
- [What works in conservation series] [volume 5] 2059-4240 ; .
- What works in conservation series ; v. 5. .
Available through Open Book Publishers. Edition statement from publisher's website. Previous edition: 2019.
Introduction ; Who is What Works in Conservation for? ; The Conservation Evidence project ; Which conservation interventions are included? ; How we review the literature ; What does What Works in Conservation include? ; Expert assessment of the evidence ; Categorization of interventions ; How to use What Works in Conservation -- 1. AMPHIBIAN CONSERVATION. 1.1 Threat: Residential and commercial development ; 1.2Threat: Agriculture ; 1.3 Threat: Energy production and mining ; 1.4 Threat: Transportation and service corridors ; 1.5 Threat: Biological resource use ; 1.6 Threat: Human intrusions and disturbance ; 1.7 Threat: Natural system modifications ; 1.8 Threat: Invasive and other problematic species ; 1.9 Threat: Pollution ; 1.10 Threat: Climate change and severe weather ; 1.11 Habitat protection ; 1.12 Habitat restoration and creation ; 1.13 Species management ; 1.14 Education and awareness raising -- 2. BAT CONSERVATION. 2.1 Threat: Residential and commercial development ; 2.2 Threat: Agriculture ; 2.3 Threat: Energy production - mining ; 2.4 Threat: Transportation and service corridors ; 2.5 Threat: Biological resource use ; 2.6 Threat: Human disturbance - caving and tourism ; 2.7 Threat: Natural system modification ; 2.8 Threat: Invasive species ; 2.9 Threat: Pollution ; 2.10 Climate change and severe weather ; 2.11 Habitat protection ; 2.12 Habitat restoration and creation ; 2.13.Species management ; 2.14 Education and awareness raising -- 3. BIRD CONSERVATION. 3.1 Habitat protection ; 3.2 Education and awareness raising ; 3.3 Threat: Residential and commercial development ; 3.4 Threat: Agriculture ; 3.5 Threat: Energy production and mining ; 3.6 Threat: Transportation and service corridors ; 3.7 Threat: Biological resource use ; 3.8 Threat: Human intrusions and disturbance ; 3.9 Threat: Natural system modifications ; 3.10 Habitat restoration and creation ; 3.11 Threat: Invasive alien and other problematic species ; 3.12 Threat: Pollution ; 3.13 Threat: Climate change, extreme weather and geological events ; 3.14 General responses to small/ declining populations ; 3.15 Captive breeding, rearing and releases (ex situ conservation) -- 4. FARMLAND CONSERVATION. 4.1 All farming systems ; 4.2 Arable farming ; 4.3 Perennial (non-timber) crops ; 4.4 Livestock farming ; 4.5 Threat: Residential and commercial development ; 4.6 Threat: Agri-chemicals ; 4.7 Threat: Transport and service corridors ; 4.8 Threat: Hunting and trapping (for pest control, food or sport) ; 4.9 Threat: Natural system modification ; 4.10 Threat: Invasive and other problematic species ; 4.11 Threat: Education and awareness -- 5. FOREST CONSERVATION. 5.1 Threat: Residential and commercial development ; 5.2 Threat: Agriculture ; 5.3 Threat: Transport and service corridors ; 5.4 Threat: Biological resource use ; 5.5 Habitat protection ; 5.6 Threat: Invasive and other problematic species ; 5.7 Threat: Pollution ; 5.8 Threat: Climate change and severe weather ; 5.9 Habitat protection ; 5.10 Habitat restoration and creation ; 5.11 Actions to improve survival and growth rate of planted trees ; 5.12 Education and awareness raising -- 6. PEATLAND CONSERVATION. 6.1 Threat: Residential and commercial development ; 6.2 Threat: Agriculture and aquaculture ; 6.3 Threat: Energy production and mining ; 6.4 Threat: Transportation and service corridors ; 6.5 Threat: Biological resource use ; 6.6 Threat: Human intrusions and disturbance ; 6.7 Threat: Natural system modifications ; 6.8 Threat: Invasive and other problematic species ; 6.9 Threat: Pollution ; 6.10 Threat: Climate change and severe weather ; 6.11 Habitat creation and restoration ; 6.12 Actions to complement planting ; 6.13 Habitat protection ; 6.14 Education and awareness -- 7. PRIMATE CONSERVATION. 7.1 Threat: Residential and commercial development ; 7.2 Threat: Agriculture ; 7.3 Threat: Energy production and mining ; 7.4 Threat: Transportation and service corridors ; 7.5 Threat: Biological resource use ; 7.6 Threat: Human intrusions and disturbance ; 7.7 Threat: Natural system modifications ; 7.8 Threat: Invasive and other problematic species and genes ; 7.9 Threat: Pollution ; 7.10 Education and Awareness ; 7.11 Habitat protection ; 7.12 Species management ; 7.13 Livelihood; economic and other incentives -- 8. SHRUBLAND AND HEATHLAND CONSERVATION. 8.1 Threat: Residential and commercial development ; 8.2 Threat: Agriculture and aquaculture ; 8.3 Threat: Energy production and mining ; 8.4 Threat: Biological resource use ; 8.5 Threat: Transportation and service corridors ; 8.6 Threat: Human intrusions and disturbance ; 8.7 Threat: Natural system modifications ; 8.8 Threat: Invasive and other problematic species ; 8.9 Threat: Pollution ; 8.10 Threat: Climate change and severe weather ; 8.11 Threat: Habitat protection ; 8.12 Habitat restoration and creation ; 8.13 Actions to benefit introduced vegetation ; 8.14 Education and awareness -- 9. MANAGEMENT OF CAPTIVE ANIMALS. 9.1 Ex-situ conservation - breeding amphibians ; 9.2 Promoting health and welfare in captive carnivores (felids, canids and ursids) through feeding practices ; 9.3 Promoting natural feeding behaviours in primates in captivity -- 10. SOME ASPECTS OF CONTROL OF FRESHWATER INVASIVE SPECIES. 10.1 Threat: Invasive plants ; 10.2 Threat: Invasive molluscs ; 10.3 Threat: Invasive crustaceans ; 10.4 Threat: Invasive fish ; 10.5 Threat: Invasive reptiles ; 10.6 Threat: Invasive amphibians -- 11. SOME ASPECTS OF ENHANCING NATURAL PEST CONTROL. 11.1 Reducing agricultural pollution ; 11.2 All farming systems ; 11.3 Arable farming ; 11.4 Perennial farming ; 11.5 Livestock farming and pasture -- 12. ENHANCING SOIL FERTILITY. 12.1 Reducing agricultural pollution ; 12.2 All farming systems ; 12.3 Arable farming ; 12.4 Livestock and pasture farming -- 13. SUBTIDAL BENTHIC INVERTEBRATE CONSERVATION / Anaelle J. Lemasson, Laura R. Pettit, Rebecca K. Smith and William J. Sutherland ; 13.1 Threat: Energy production and mining ; 13.2 Threat: Transportation and service corridors; 13.3 Threat: Biological resource use ; 13.4 Threat: Human intrusions and disturbances ; 13.5 Threat: Invasive and other problematic species, genes and diseases ; 13.6 Threat: Pollution ; 13.7 Threat: Climate change and severe weather ; 13.8 Habitat protection ; 13.9 Habitat restoration and creation ; 13.10 Species management ; 13.11 Education and awareness.
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"Is reduced tillage in arable fields beneficial for farmland biodiversity? Is prescribed burning in grasslands beneficial for bird conservation? Does livestock exclusion from degraded peatlands benefit peatland conservation? Is the provision of artificial shelters effective for subtidal benthic invertebrate conservation? Do wind turbine modifications reduce bat fatalities? Does adding topsoil increase the abundance of heathland plants? Are interventions to reduce road impacts on amphibians effective? Do herbicides control invasive parrot's feather? What Works in Conservation has been created to provide practitioners with answers to these and many other questions about practical conservation. This book provides an assessment of the effectiveness of conservation interventions based on summarized scientific evidence. The 2020 edition contains new material on mammals, birds, marine benthic invertebrates, bat conservation and wetlands. Other chapters cover practical global conservation of primates, peatlands, shrublands and heathlands, management of captive animals as well as an extended chapter on control of freshwater invasive species, the global conservation of amphibians, bats, birds and forests, conservation of European farmland biodiversity and some aspects of enhancing natural pest control, enhancing soil fertility and control of freshwater invasive species. It contains key results from the summarized evidence for each conservation intervention and an assessment of the effectiveness of each by international expert panels. The accompanying website www.conservationevidence.com describes each of the studies individually, and provides full references. This is the fifth edition of What Works in Conservation, which is revised on an annual basis."--Publisher's website.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (CC BY 4.0). For more detailed information consult the publisher's website.
9781783748358 (pdf) 9781783748365 (epub) 9781783748372 (mobi)
2059-4240 (Online)
Biodiversity conservation--Government policy.
Biodiversity conservation--Management.
Biodiversity conservation.
Environmental conservation--Government policy.
Environmental conservation--Management.
Environmental conservation.
Habitat conservation--Government policy.
Habitat conservation--Management.
Habitat conservation.
Available through Open Book Publishers. Edition statement from publisher's website. Previous edition: 2019.
Introduction ; Who is What Works in Conservation for? ; The Conservation Evidence project ; Which conservation interventions are included? ; How we review the literature ; What does What Works in Conservation include? ; Expert assessment of the evidence ; Categorization of interventions ; How to use What Works in Conservation -- 1. AMPHIBIAN CONSERVATION. 1.1 Threat: Residential and commercial development ; 1.2Threat: Agriculture ; 1.3 Threat: Energy production and mining ; 1.4 Threat: Transportation and service corridors ; 1.5 Threat: Biological resource use ; 1.6 Threat: Human intrusions and disturbance ; 1.7 Threat: Natural system modifications ; 1.8 Threat: Invasive and other problematic species ; 1.9 Threat: Pollution ; 1.10 Threat: Climate change and severe weather ; 1.11 Habitat protection ; 1.12 Habitat restoration and creation ; 1.13 Species management ; 1.14 Education and awareness raising -- 2. BAT CONSERVATION. 2.1 Threat: Residential and commercial development ; 2.2 Threat: Agriculture ; 2.3 Threat: Energy production - mining ; 2.4 Threat: Transportation and service corridors ; 2.5 Threat: Biological resource use ; 2.6 Threat: Human disturbance - caving and tourism ; 2.7 Threat: Natural system modification ; 2.8 Threat: Invasive species ; 2.9 Threat: Pollution ; 2.10 Climate change and severe weather ; 2.11 Habitat protection ; 2.12 Habitat restoration and creation ; 2.13.Species management ; 2.14 Education and awareness raising -- 3. BIRD CONSERVATION. 3.1 Habitat protection ; 3.2 Education and awareness raising ; 3.3 Threat: Residential and commercial development ; 3.4 Threat: Agriculture ; 3.5 Threat: Energy production and mining ; 3.6 Threat: Transportation and service corridors ; 3.7 Threat: Biological resource use ; 3.8 Threat: Human intrusions and disturbance ; 3.9 Threat: Natural system modifications ; 3.10 Habitat restoration and creation ; 3.11 Threat: Invasive alien and other problematic species ; 3.12 Threat: Pollution ; 3.13 Threat: Climate change, extreme weather and geological events ; 3.14 General responses to small/ declining populations ; 3.15 Captive breeding, rearing and releases (ex situ conservation) -- 4. FARMLAND CONSERVATION. 4.1 All farming systems ; 4.2 Arable farming ; 4.3 Perennial (non-timber) crops ; 4.4 Livestock farming ; 4.5 Threat: Residential and commercial development ; 4.6 Threat: Agri-chemicals ; 4.7 Threat: Transport and service corridors ; 4.8 Threat: Hunting and trapping (for pest control, food or sport) ; 4.9 Threat: Natural system modification ; 4.10 Threat: Invasive and other problematic species ; 4.11 Threat: Education and awareness -- 5. FOREST CONSERVATION. 5.1 Threat: Residential and commercial development ; 5.2 Threat: Agriculture ; 5.3 Threat: Transport and service corridors ; 5.4 Threat: Biological resource use ; 5.5 Habitat protection ; 5.6 Threat: Invasive and other problematic species ; 5.7 Threat: Pollution ; 5.8 Threat: Climate change and severe weather ; 5.9 Habitat protection ; 5.10 Habitat restoration and creation ; 5.11 Actions to improve survival and growth rate of planted trees ; 5.12 Education and awareness raising -- 6. PEATLAND CONSERVATION. 6.1 Threat: Residential and commercial development ; 6.2 Threat: Agriculture and aquaculture ; 6.3 Threat: Energy production and mining ; 6.4 Threat: Transportation and service corridors ; 6.5 Threat: Biological resource use ; 6.6 Threat: Human intrusions and disturbance ; 6.7 Threat: Natural system modifications ; 6.8 Threat: Invasive and other problematic species ; 6.9 Threat: Pollution ; 6.10 Threat: Climate change and severe weather ; 6.11 Habitat creation and restoration ; 6.12 Actions to complement planting ; 6.13 Habitat protection ; 6.14 Education and awareness -- 7. PRIMATE CONSERVATION. 7.1 Threat: Residential and commercial development ; 7.2 Threat: Agriculture ; 7.3 Threat: Energy production and mining ; 7.4 Threat: Transportation and service corridors ; 7.5 Threat: Biological resource use ; 7.6 Threat: Human intrusions and disturbance ; 7.7 Threat: Natural system modifications ; 7.8 Threat: Invasive and other problematic species and genes ; 7.9 Threat: Pollution ; 7.10 Education and Awareness ; 7.11 Habitat protection ; 7.12 Species management ; 7.13 Livelihood; economic and other incentives -- 8. SHRUBLAND AND HEATHLAND CONSERVATION. 8.1 Threat: Residential and commercial development ; 8.2 Threat: Agriculture and aquaculture ; 8.3 Threat: Energy production and mining ; 8.4 Threat: Biological resource use ; 8.5 Threat: Transportation and service corridors ; 8.6 Threat: Human intrusions and disturbance ; 8.7 Threat: Natural system modifications ; 8.8 Threat: Invasive and other problematic species ; 8.9 Threat: Pollution ; 8.10 Threat: Climate change and severe weather ; 8.11 Threat: Habitat protection ; 8.12 Habitat restoration and creation ; 8.13 Actions to benefit introduced vegetation ; 8.14 Education and awareness -- 9. MANAGEMENT OF CAPTIVE ANIMALS. 9.1 Ex-situ conservation - breeding amphibians ; 9.2 Promoting health and welfare in captive carnivores (felids, canids and ursids) through feeding practices ; 9.3 Promoting natural feeding behaviours in primates in captivity -- 10. SOME ASPECTS OF CONTROL OF FRESHWATER INVASIVE SPECIES. 10.1 Threat: Invasive plants ; 10.2 Threat: Invasive molluscs ; 10.3 Threat: Invasive crustaceans ; 10.4 Threat: Invasive fish ; 10.5 Threat: Invasive reptiles ; 10.6 Threat: Invasive amphibians -- 11. SOME ASPECTS OF ENHANCING NATURAL PEST CONTROL. 11.1 Reducing agricultural pollution ; 11.2 All farming systems ; 11.3 Arable farming ; 11.4 Perennial farming ; 11.5 Livestock farming and pasture -- 12. ENHANCING SOIL FERTILITY. 12.1 Reducing agricultural pollution ; 12.2 All farming systems ; 12.3 Arable farming ; 12.4 Livestock and pasture farming -- 13. SUBTIDAL BENTHIC INVERTEBRATE CONSERVATION / Anaelle J. Lemasson, Laura R. Pettit, Rebecca K. Smith and William J. Sutherland ; 13.1 Threat: Energy production and mining ; 13.2 Threat: Transportation and service corridors; 13.3 Threat: Biological resource use ; 13.4 Threat: Human intrusions and disturbances ; 13.5 Threat: Invasive and other problematic species, genes and diseases ; 13.6 Threat: Pollution ; 13.7 Threat: Climate change and severe weather ; 13.8 Habitat protection ; 13.9 Habitat restoration and creation ; 13.10 Species management ; 13.11 Education and awareness.
Open access resource providing free access.
"Is reduced tillage in arable fields beneficial for farmland biodiversity? Is prescribed burning in grasslands beneficial for bird conservation? Does livestock exclusion from degraded peatlands benefit peatland conservation? Is the provision of artificial shelters effective for subtidal benthic invertebrate conservation? Do wind turbine modifications reduce bat fatalities? Does adding topsoil increase the abundance of heathland plants? Are interventions to reduce road impacts on amphibians effective? Do herbicides control invasive parrot's feather? What Works in Conservation has been created to provide practitioners with answers to these and many other questions about practical conservation. This book provides an assessment of the effectiveness of conservation interventions based on summarized scientific evidence. The 2020 edition contains new material on mammals, birds, marine benthic invertebrates, bat conservation and wetlands. Other chapters cover practical global conservation of primates, peatlands, shrublands and heathlands, management of captive animals as well as an extended chapter on control of freshwater invasive species, the global conservation of amphibians, bats, birds and forests, conservation of European farmland biodiversity and some aspects of enhancing natural pest control, enhancing soil fertility and control of freshwater invasive species. It contains key results from the summarized evidence for each conservation intervention and an assessment of the effectiveness of each by international expert panels. The accompanying website www.conservationevidence.com describes each of the studies individually, and provides full references. This is the fifth edition of What Works in Conservation, which is revised on an annual basis."--Publisher's website.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (CC BY 4.0). For more detailed information consult the publisher's website.
9781783748358 (pdf) 9781783748365 (epub) 9781783748372 (mobi)
2059-4240 (Online)
Biodiversity conservation--Government policy.
Biodiversity conservation--Management.
Biodiversity conservation.
Environmental conservation--Government policy.
Environmental conservation--Management.
Environmental conservation.
Habitat conservation--Government policy.
Habitat conservation--Management.
Habitat conservation.