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Reduce tillage
Trade-off between benefit and harms Based on: 10 studies
Reduce tillage
Incorporate plant remains into the soil that produce weed-controlling chemicals
Likely to be ineffective or harmful Based on: 10 studies
Incorporate plant remains into the soil that produce weed-controlling chemicals
Combine trap and repellent crops in a push-pull system
Beneficial Based on: 10 studies
Combine trap and repellent crops in a push-pull system
Clean nest boxes to increase occupancy or reproductive success
Likely to be beneficial Based on: 10 studies
Clean nest boxes to increase occupancy or reproductive success
Install barrier fencing along roads
Trade-off between benefit and harms Based on: 10 studies
Install barrier fencing along roads
Install rope bridges between canopies
Evidence not assessed Based on: 10 studies
Install rope bridges between canopies
Implement quarantine for primates before reintroduction/translocation
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) Based on: 9 studies
Implement quarantine for primates before reintroduction/translocation
Use legislative regulation to protect wild populations
Beneficial Based on: 9 studies
Use legislative regulation to protect wild populations
Remove/treat external/internal parasites to increase reproductive success/survival
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) Based on: 9 studies
Remove/treat external/internal parasites to increase reproductive success/survival
Add inorganic fertilizer (before/after planting)
Trade-off between benefit and harms Based on: 9 studies
Add inorganic fertilizer (before/after planting)
Deepen, de-silt or re-profile ponds
Beneficial Based on: 9 studies
Deepen, de-silt or re-profile ponds
Rear and manage populations of solitary bees
Based on: 9 studies
Rear and manage populations of solitary bees
Create uncultivated margins around intensive arable or pasture fields
Evidence not assessed Based on: 9 studies
Create uncultivated margins around intensive arable or pasture fields
Clear or open patches in forests
Trade-off between benefit and harms Based on: 9 studies
Clear or open patches in forests
Crop production: Use crop rotations
Likely to be beneficial Based on: 9 studies
Crop production: Use crop rotations
Thin trees within forests
Likely to be ineffective or harmful Based on: 9 studies
Thin trees within forests
Translocate toads
Likely to be beneficial Based on: 9 studies
Translocate toads
Translocate great crested newts
Likely to be beneficial Based on: 9 studies
Translocate great crested newts
Exclude livestock from semi-natural habitat (including woodland)
Evidence not assessed Based on: 9 studies
Exclude livestock from semi-natural habitat (including woodland)
Use herbicide to control grass
Unlikely to be beneficial Based on: 9 studies
Use herbicide to control grass
Use taste-aversion to reduce predation of livestock by mammals to deter human-wildlife conflict
Evidence not assessed Based on: 9 studies
Use taste-aversion to reduce predation of livestock by mammals to deter human-wildlife conflict
Control traffic and traffic timing
Likely to be beneficial Based on: 9 studies
Control traffic and traffic timing
Plant crops in spring rather than autumn
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) Based on: 9 studies
Plant crops in spring rather than autumn
Install and maintain gates at mine entrances to restrict public access
Trade-off between benefit and harms Based on: 9 studies
Install and maintain gates at mine entrances to restrict public access
Reduce pesticide or herbicide use generally
Likely to be beneficial Based on: 9 studies
Reduce pesticide or herbicide use generally
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