Conservation Evidence

Transforming Conservation: A Practical Guide to Evidence and Decision Making has been out for 6 days and has already been downloaded >4,000 times across 6 continents! Download your FREE copy to transform your decision making in conservation and beyond: bit.ly/3FKAMRm

How should governments use evidence to set and deliver biodiversity targets? Prof. Anjali Goswami FRS, Chief Scientific Adviser at Defra, walks through the full policy cycle behind the UK's legally binding biodiversity targets under the Environment Act. youtube.com/watch?v=JHhnXF…

🆕 Check out our latest synopsis: global evidence for the effects of interventions to conserve vegetation🌿 in inland aquatic habitats💧 >500 summaries, >370 publications, >200 actions Interactive version: conservationevidence.com/data/index?syn… PDF version: conservationevidence.com/synopsis/pdf/38

New blog post 👇 Key takeaways for funders from our recent Delivering Effective Conservation Practice meeting By @SimonWightman (@EsmeeFairbairn) + @TrishCremona and Sophia Cooke (@greenfunders) about.conservationevidence.com/2026/02/12/del…

Nature's latest editorial highlights the "evidence emergency" in conservation. Inspired by our conference in Cambridge last month. "Stronger evidence for what works and what doesn't is sorely needed." Great to see our work recognised here 🌍 ➡️ nature.com/articles/d4158…

New blog post: Read a conservation practitioner's perspective on our recent Delivering Effective Conservation Practice meeting. Written by Jez Dagley, Director of Conservation at Essex Wildlife Trust @EssexWildlife about.conservationevidence.com/2026/02/03/del…

The videos are now live from our "Delivering Effective Conservation Practice" conference! 🎬 🔗 tinyurl.com/2saph669 150 in the room, 400 online – catch up on all the talks from our fantastic speakers.🌿

Thrilled to welcome Conservation Collective to our Evidence Champions network! 🏆 They are a global network of 21 locally led Foundations supporting grassroots action for nature. They now require grant applicants to consider the evidence behind their proposals. 🌍🙌

🐍 Don't let this eel research slip past you! A decade after 4 million young eels were released into Lake Ontario, a new paper in our journal finds they're still surviving and growing, and locks are helping them bypass "impassable" dams. bit.ly/3NjAKGn

On Friday 9 January 2026 (10:20 to 17:30), Conservation Evidence, Cambridge Conservation Initiative (CCI), and @CSciPol are hosting a conference on Delivering Effective Conservation Practice. Register to join online! tinyurl.com/mrxkv4fc Agenda: tinyurl.com/y2nypf9y

Open Access here: doi.org/10.1016/j.tree…

The 2026 Horizon Scan! 15 emerging issues for conservation. From TinyML transforming wildlife monitoring to weight-loss drugs reshaping land use to mirror biomolecules that don't exist in nature. We also revisited 2016. One prediction? "Artificial superintelligence." 😅

New study in @ConservEvidJour by Shaw et al. bit.ly/4o8KrVv

Weir removal is a positive step in rewilding urban rivers. A research paper by @DonCatchmentRT , co-designed with volunteer citizen scientists, has demonstrated improved river health upstream of a weir removal, through the study of freshwater invertebrate indicators.

In our latest guest blog post, @verissimodiogo and Gabriel Caetano discuss how culturomics (big digital data) can be used to evaluate conservation digital awareness campaigns. about.conservationevidence.com/2025/09/25/cul…

Our research reveals a major challenge in aquatic mammal conservation: a biased lack of evidence. Studies are focused on too few regions and species, leaving many threatened animals un-researched. We need to fill these gaps to make conservation effective. dx.doi.org/10.1111/acv.13…

A world-first study from @PaigntonZoo, @PlymUni , and collaborators creates an "evidence map" for endangered species care! The database hosts evidence for 424 management interventions. Helping zoos worldwide make decisions based on science. 🦁 Link: doi.org/10.19227/jzar.…

Perkins et al. @RSPBScotland (published in Conservation Evidence Journal) reveal that autumn-sown 'green manure' crops are doing just that, supporting breeding corn buntings alongside other amazing benefits for farmers! 🌱 🪶 ➡️ Read the full story: bit.ly/46mGgPT

Huge welcome to @EssexWildlife ! 🎉 They've joined our Evidence Champion programme, showcasing their commitment to evidence-based conservation across their 8,400+ acres! We're thrilled to collaborate for a Wilder Essex.

🪸 Coral Conservation 🪸 bit.ly/42GnYG1 published by Openbook Publishers. 🐚 From transplanting fragments onto giant clam shells or bommies. To stimulating 🪸 coral growth using electricity ⚡, establishing MPAs to physically removing coral-eating snails 🐌.

Birdlife International just became an Evidence Champion! 🦜 Their new DataZone now links species directly to Conservation Evidence actions. Science-backed bird conservation at your fingertips! #ConservationWin datazone.birdlife.org @BirdLife_News