What Works in Conservation

  • Journal
  • 6 issues
  • ISSN Print: 2059-4232
  • ISSN Digital: 2059-4240

OBP has joined forces with the Conservation Evidence Project to produce What Works in Conservation, which disseminates results from the latest scientific literature about the effects of conservation interventions. It is revised on a regular basis.

What Works in Conservation: 2021 - cover image
  • Environmental Studies

What Works in Conservation: 2021

  • William J. Sutherland
  • Lynn V. Dicks
  • Silviu O. Petrovan
  • Rebecca K. Smith
This book provides an assessment of the effectiveness of 2526 conservation interventions based on summarized scientific evidence.
What Works in Conservation: 2020 - cover image

    What Works in Conservation: 2020

    • William J. Sutherland
    • Lynn V. Dicks
    • Silviu O. Petrovan
    • Rebecca K. Smith
    The 2020 edition of What Works in Conservation 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.
    What Works in Conservation: 2019 - cover image

      What Works in Conservation: 2019

      • William J. Sutherland
      • Lynn V. Dicks
      • Nancy Ockendon
      • Silviu O. Petrovan
      • Rebecca K. Smith
      What Works in Conservation: 2018 - cover image

        What Works in Conservation: 2018

        • William J. Sutherland
        • Lynn V. Dicks
        • Nancy Ockendon
        • Silviu O. Petrovan
        • Rebecca K. Smith
        What Works in Conservation: 2017 - cover image

          What Works in Conservation: 2017

          • William J. Sutherland
          • Lynn V. Dicks
          • Nancy Ockendon
          • Rebecca K. Smith
          Chapters on this book cover the practical 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.
          What Works in Conservation: 2015 - cover image

            What Works in Conservation: 2015

            • William J. Sutherland
            • Lynn V. Dicks
            • Nancy Ockendon
            • Rebecca K. Smith
            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 648 conservation interventions based on summarized scientific evidence relevant to the practical global conservation of amphibians, reducing the risk of predation for birds, conservation of European farmland biodiversity and some aspects of enhancing natural pest control and soil fertility.