5. Forest Conservation

Expert assessors Rhett Harrison, Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, Zambia Keith Kirby, University of Oxford, UK Gillian Petrokofsky, Biodiversity Institute Oxford, UK Rebecca K. Smith, University of Cambridge, UK William J. Sutherland, University of Cambridge, UK Tom Swinfield, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, UK Scope of assessment: for the conservation of forest habitat (not specific species within forests), including tropical forests, temperate forests, w..

What Works in Conservation 2018

This book provides an assessment of the effectiveness of 1277 conservation interventions based on summarized scientific evidence. The 2018 edition contains new chapters covering 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. Other chapters cover 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

5. Forest conservation

Expert assessors Rhett Harrison, Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, Zambia Keith Kirby, University of Oxford, UK Gillian Petrokofsky, Biodiversity Institute Oxford, UK Rebecca K. Smith, University of Cambridge, UK William J. Sutherland, University of Cambridge, UK Tom Swinfield, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, UK Scope of assessment: for the conservation of forest habitat (not specific spe..

What Works in Conservation 2020

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 1614 conservation interventions based on summarized scientific evidence. The 2020 edition contains new material on bat conservation and our first marine chapter, on Subtidal benthic invertebrate conservation. 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 fourth edition of What Works in Conservation, which is revised on an annual basis