Conservation Evidence Blog

Could geospatial foundation models help improve conservation effectiveness?

Julia Jones describes how new artificial intelligence models could improve conservation effectiveness, based on a workshop at our recent meeting: Delivering Effective Conservation Practice.

Conserving coastal habitats: a new synthesis of evidence for kelp

Anna Berthinussen introduces a new collation of evidence for kelp conservation.

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Why national parks and nature reserves don’t always safeguard ecosystems as expected

Miguel Lurgi presents his recent research, which found that protected areas don’t always work to conserve the ecological interactions between species.

News update from Conservation Evidence

This blog post is an overview of what the Conservation Evidence team are working on. We’ve listed some of our recent and ongoing activities. Please follow the links, or contact us, if you want to know more about any of our work.

Culturomics: a low-cost opportunity to evaluate conservation campaigns

Diogo Veríssimo and Gabriel Caetano share their new research on the effects of conservation awareness campaigns, using Wikipedia page views as an indicator of engagement

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Creating a global evidence map for animal management in zoos

Andrew Bowkett introduces a new evidence map for zoo animal management interventions

Can we use perches to attract birds and increase seed dispersal in degraded areas?

Jelaine Gan shares insights from her recent synthesis on the effects of bird perches as a habitat restoration tool.

A win for farmers, bees, and a threatened bird

Allan Perkins shares his new research, published in the Conservation Evidence Journal, showing that autumn-sown green manure crops can benefit corn buntings.

Dehorning rhinos tips the balance against poaching

Timothy Kuiper discusses his recent research about the effectiveness of interventions to reduce rhino poaching in South Africa.

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Conservation Evidence and invasive species

To mark Invasive Species Week, this post outlines some of the resources Conservation Evidence has created to help combat and counter the threat from these problematic species.