Conservation Evidence: Evidence Data

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Action	Effectiveness	Studies	Category
Implement 'mosaic management', a Dutch agri-environment option Action Link	Evidence not assessed	2	Synopsis Link
Implement food labelling schemes relating to biodiversity-friendly farming (organic, LEAF marque) Action Link	No evidence found (no assessment)	0	Synopsis Link
Increase crop diversity Action Link	Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence)	4	Synopsis Link
Increase the proportion of semi-natural habitat in the farmed landscape Action Link	Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence)	5	Synopsis Link
Introduce nest boxes stocked with solitary bees Action Link	No evidence found (no assessment)	0	Synopsis Link
Leave cultivated, uncropped margins or plots (includes 'lapwing plots') Action Link	Beneficial	20	Synopsis Link
Leave headlands in fields unsprayed (conservation headlands) Action Link	Beneficial	57	Synopsis Link
Leave overwinter stubbles Action Link	Likely to be beneficial	20	Synopsis Link
Leave uncut strips of rye grass on silage fields Action Link	Likely to be beneficial	6	Synopsis Link
Leave unharvested cereal headlands in arable fields Action Link	No evidence found (no assessment)	0	Synopsis Link
Maintain in-field elements such as field islands and rockpiles Action Link	No evidence found (no assessment)	0	Synopsis Link
Maintain rush pastures Action Link	No evidence found (no assessment)	0	Synopsis Link
Maintain species-rich, semi-natural grassland Action Link	Likely to be beneficial	22	Synopsis Link
Maintain traditional farm buildings Action Link	No evidence found (no assessment)	0	Synopsis Link
Maintain traditional orchards Action Link	Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence)	3	Synopsis Link
Maintain traditional water meadows (includes management for breeding and/or wintering waders/waterfowl) Action Link	Likely to be beneficial	8	Synopsis Link
Maintain upland heath/moorland Action Link	Likely to be beneficial	17	Synopsis Link
Maintain wood pasture and parkland Action Link	Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence)	1	Synopsis Link
Make direct payments per clutch for farmland birds Action Link	Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence)	3	Synopsis Link
Make selective use of spring herbicides Action Link	Evidence not assessed	1	Synopsis Link
Manage ditches to benefit wildlife Action Link	Likely to be beneficial	11	Synopsis Link
Manage heather by swiping to simulate burning Action Link	Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence)	1	Synopsis Link
Manage heather, gorse or grass by burning Action Link	Awaiting assessment	2	Synopsis Link
Manage hedgerows to benefit wildlife (includes no spray, gap-filling and laying) Action Link	Likely to be beneficial	20	Synopsis Link
Manage land under power lines to benefit wildlife Action Link	No evidence found (no assessment)	0	Synopsis Link

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