Incorporate existing trees or woods into the landscape of new developments

Overall effectiveness category No evidence found (no assessment)
Number of studies: 0
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Background information and definitions

Forests or woods that are converted into new development areas suffer from almost total loss of the original biodiversity. Therefore, incorporation of patches of the original vegetation into new developments should have a positive effect on biodiversity. However, for many of the original species, the area of their new ‘island habitat’ may be insufficient to maintain populations.

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We found no evidence for the effects of incorporating existing trees or woods into the landscape of new developments on forests.

'No evidence' for an action means we have not yet found any studies that directly and quantitatively tested this action during our systematic journal and report searches. Therefore we have been unable to assess whether or not the action is effective or has any harmful impacts. Please get in touch if you know of such a study for this action.

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Key messages provide a descriptive index to studies we have found that test this intervention.

Studies are not directly comparable or of equal value. When making decisions based on this evidence, you should consider factors such as study size, study design, reported metrics and relevance of the study to your situation, rather than simply counting the number of studies that support a particular interpretation.

Please cite as:

Agra, H., Schowanek, S., Carmel, Y., Smith, R.K. & Ne’eman, G. (2020) Forest Conservation. Pages 323-366 in: W.J. Sutherland, L.V. Dicks, S.O. Petrovan & R.K. Smith (eds) What Works in Conservation 2020. Open Book Publishers, Cambridge, UK.

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This Action forms part of the Action Synopsis:

Forest Conservation

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