Evidence alone won’t save biodiversity: the golden apple snail reveals an implementation gap

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CORRESPONDENCE 24 February 2026 By Fengbo Li0, Tianlun Zheng1, Zhen Yang2 & … Ming Li3 Fengbo Li Zhejiang Institute of Freshwater Fisheries, Huzhou, China. Tianlun Zheng Zhejiang Fisheries Technical Extension Center, Hangzhou, China. Zhen Yang Meihua Aquaculture Farm of Jiashan County, Jiashan, China. Ming Li Jinhua Fisheries Technology Extension Center, Jinhua, China. Your Editorial rightly highlights the need for better evidence in biodiversity conservation (see Nature 650, 7–8; 2026). But evidence does not guarantee implementation. Access options Access Nature and 54 other Nature Portfolio journals Get Nature+, our best-value online-access subscription 27,99 € / 30 days cancel any time Subscribe to this journal Receive 51 print issues and online access 185,98 € per year only 3,65 € per issue Rent or buy this article Prices vary by article type from$1.95 to$39.95 Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout Additional access options: Log in Learn about institutional subscriptions Read our FAQs Contact customer support Nature 650, 1070 (2026) doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-026-00593-x Competing Interests The authors declare no competing interests. Related Articles Scientists are building giant ‘evidence banks’ to create policies that actually work How to get science back into policymaking The global plastics treaty can be saved — here’s how to break the deadlock Subjects Latest on: Biodiversity Sustainability Policy Oxygen metabolism in descendants of the archaeal-eukaryotic ancestor Article 18 FEB 26 Biodiversity conservation has an evidence problem — it’s time to fix it Editorial 04 FEB 26 Pesticide residues alter taxonomic and functional biodiversity in soils Article 28 JAN 26 Account for AI in the environmental footprint of scientific publishing Correspondence 24 FEB 26 Support people and their livelihoods rather than fossil-fuel industries Editorial 11 FEB 26 Preserving water under megacities is crucial — and urgent Correspondence 10 FEB 26 Pop-up journals for policy research: can temporary titles deliver answers? Nature Index 25 FEB 26 We need a global assessment of avoidable climate-change risks Comment 25 FEB 26 Defunding Chile’s climate research will undermine science and the region Correspondence 24 FEB 26