Our blog provides news, updates and insights related to evidence-based conservation from the Conservation Evidence team, as well as our partner organisations and others in the conservation community. We're particularly interested in work that uses, or generates, evidence on the effects of biodiversity conservation actions.
To get in touch about the blog please contact Nigel Taylor at nt461@cam.ac.uk. We’re always happy to receive suggestions for new guest blog posts.
How can we ensure business engagement with biodiversity delivers for nature? And what is the role of consultancy?
Tom White discusses the importance of evidence use by businesses and in biodiversity consultancy: key players for delivering biodiversity goals
Behaviour change for achieving the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework
Molly Brown explores the role of behaviour change interventions in conservation, and introduces a new rapid evidence synthesis on this topic
Conservation Optimism Summit: empowering evidence use for a brighter future for nature
The Conservation Evidence team share insights from a workshop we ran at the recent Conservation Optimism Summit
Introducing global guidance on salt marsh and tidal flat restoration
Vanessa Cutts introduces new evidence-based guidance on coastal ecosystem restoration.
National parks and other protected areas often fail to conserve Earth’s forests
Timothy Neal shares his new research into the effectiveness of protected areas for global forests.
The next steps for transforming conservation: ideas from the Effectiveness Revolution workshop
20 ideas to make conservation more effective, from a recent workshop in Cambridge – hosted by the Cambridge Conservation Initiative, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, TRAFFIC and Conservation Evidence.
US Fish and Wildlife Service Division of International Conservation is first government program to become an Evidence Champion
Shannon Rivera shares exciting news of a new Evidence Champion, and explains some of their track record in evidence-based conservation.
Conservation Evidence at the European Congress of Conservation Biology
Update from the 7th European Congress of Conservation Biology in Bologna, where the Conservation Evidence team is actively engaged.
A tale of a plucky masters student, resources wasted, and how lack of follow up means valuable lessons from large conservation projects can be lost…
Julia Jones explains the lessons we can learn from a failed crayfish eradication project in Malta
Restoring coastal habitat boosts wildlife numbers by 61% – but puzzling failures mean we can still do better
Based on their recent global synthesis, Michael Sievers, Christopher Brown and Rod Connolly describe the benefits of coastal restoration projects for animals – plus some lingering challenges.