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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Cross compliance standards for all subsidy payments Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Reduce field size (or maintain small fields) Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Provide or retain set-aside areas in farmland Action Link |
Beneficial | 22 |
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Manage hedges to benefit birds Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 7 |
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Plant new hedges Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 |
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Manage stone-faced hedge banks to benefit birds Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Manage ditches to benefit wildlife Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 4 |
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Use coloured baits to reduce accidental mortality during predator control Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 3 |
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Physically protect nests from predators using non-electric fencing Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 4 |
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Protect in-field trees Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Plant in-field trees Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Tree pollarding and tree surgery Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Plant wild bird seed or cover mixture Action Link |
Beneficial | 40 |
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Protect bird nests using electric fencing Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 6 |
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Plant nectar flower mixture/wildflower strips for birds Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 7 |
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Create uncultivated margins around intensive arable or pasture fields for birds Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 8 |
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Plant grass buffer strips/margins around arable or pasture fields for birds Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 15 |
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Use mowing techniques to reduce chick mortality Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 3 |
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Leave refuges in fields during harvest Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 2 |
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Mark nests during harvest Action Link |
Likely to be ineffective or harmful | 1 |
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Relocate nests at harvest time to reduce nestling mortality Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 1 |
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Offer per clutch payment for farmland birds Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 2 |
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Control scrub on farmland Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 |
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Take field corners out of management Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 |
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Reduce conflict by deterring birds from taking crops using bird scarers Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 2 |
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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.