Actions to conserve biodiversity
We have summarised evidence from the scientific literature about the effects of actions to conserve wildlife and ecosystems.
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Cut or burn oil-contaminated vegetation: brackish/salt marshes Action Link |
Likely to be ineffective or harmful | 2 |
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Cut or burn oil-contaminated vegetation: brackish/saline swamps Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Cut large trees/shrubs to maintain or restore disturbance: freshwater swamps Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 |
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Cut large trees/shrubs to maintain or restore disturbance: freshwater marshes Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 4 |
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Cut large trees/shrubs to maintain or restore disturbance: brackish/salt marshes Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Cut large trees/shrubs to maintain or restore disturbance: brackish/saline swamps Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Cut large trees/shrubs to maintain or restore disturbance Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 2 |
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Cut bracken and rotovate Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 |
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Cut and use prescribed burning to control grass Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 |
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Cut and burn bracken Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Cut and apply herbicide to control bracken Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 4 |
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Cull disease-infected animals Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 1 |
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Cull bats infected with white-nose syndrome Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Cross compliance standards for all subsidy payments Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Crop production: Use reduced tillage in arable fields Action Link |
Trade-off between benefit and harms | 26 |
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Crop production: Use organic fertilizer instead of inorganic Action Link |
Trade-off between benefit and harms | 11 |
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Crop production: Use no tillage instead of reduced tillage Action Link |
Trade-off between benefit and harms | 15 |
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Crop production: Use no tillage in arable fields Action Link |
Likely to be ineffective or harmful | 23 |
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Crop production: Use crop rotations Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 9 |
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Crop production: Plant or maintain ground cover in orchards or vineyards Action Link |
Likely to be ineffective or harmful | 14 |
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Crop production: Plant hedgerows Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 |
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Crop production: Plant flowers Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 3 |
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Crop production: Grow cover crops in arable fields Action Link |
Likely to be ineffective or harmful | 25 |
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Crop production: Add slurry to the soil Action Link |
Beneficial | 6 |
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Crop production: Add sewage sludge to the soil Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 |
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What are 'Individual studies' and 'Actions'?
Individual studies
An individual study is a summary of a specific scientific study, usually taken from a scientific journal, but also from other resources such as reports. It tells you the background context, the action(s) taken and their consequences.
If you want more detail please look at the original reference.
Actions
Each action page focuses on a particular action you could take to benefit wildlife or ecosystems.
It contains brief (150-200 word) descriptions of relevant studies (context, action(s) taken and their consequences) and one or more key messages.
Key messages show the extent and main conclusions of the available evidence. Using links within key messages, you can look at the paragraphs describing each study to get more detail. Each paragraph allows you to assess the quality of the evidence and how relevant it is to your situation.
Where we found no evidence, we have been unable to assess whether or not an intervention is effective or has any harmful impacts.