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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Use herbicide to control problematic plants: freshwater marshes Action Link |
Trade-off between benefit and harms | 17 |
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Use cutting/mowing to control problematic herbaceous plants: freshwater marshes Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 8 |
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Use herbicide to control problematic plants: brackish/salt marshes Action Link |
Trade-off between benefit and harms | 7 |
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Physically remove problematic plants: freshwater marshes Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 5 |
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Physically damage problematic plants: freshwater marshes Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 5 |
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Use prescribed fire to control problematic plants: brackish/salt marshes Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 4 |
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Use prescribed fire to control problematic plants: freshwater marshes Action Link |
Trade-off between benefit and harms | 4 |
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Use herbicide to control problematic plants: freshwater swamps Action Link |
Trade-off between benefit and harms | 4 |
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Use grazing to control problematic plants: freshwater marshes Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 3 |
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Physically damage problematic plants: freshwater swamps Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 2 |
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Use cutting/mowing to control problematic herbaceous plants: freshwater swamps Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 2 |
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Use cutting to control problematic large trees/shrubs: freshwater marshes Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 2 |
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Control problematic plants (specific intervention unclear): freshwater marshes or swamps Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 |
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Control problematic plants (specific intervention unclear): brackish/saline marshes or swamps Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 |
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Control problematic plants (multiple interventions): freshwater marshes or swamps Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 |
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Physically remove problematic plants: brackish/salt marshes Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 |
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Add salt to control problematic plants: brackish/salt marshes Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 |
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Use cutting/mowing to control problematic herbaceous plants: brackish/salt marshes Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 |
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Use cutting to control problematic large trees/shrubs: brackish/salt marshes Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 |
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Use prescribed fire to control problematic plants: freshwater swamps Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 |
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Use covers/barriers to control problematic plants: freshwater marshes Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 |
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Introduce organisms to control problematic plants: freshwater marshes Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 |
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Introduce organisms to control problematic plants: freshwater swamps Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 |
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Control problematic plants (multiple interventions): brackish/saline marshes or swamps Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Physically remove problematic plants: freshwater swamps Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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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.