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Use prescribed burning
Evidence not assessed Based on: 37 studies
Use prescribed burning
Thin trees within forests: effects on understory plants
Likely to be beneficial Based on: 37 studies
Thin trees within forests: effects on understory plants
Use prescribed fire: effect on understory plants
Trade-off between benefit and harms Based on: 37 studies
Use prescribed fire: effect on understory plants
Reduce management intensity on permanent grasslands (several interventions at once)
Likely to be beneficial Based on: 38 studies
Reduce management intensity on permanent grasslands (several interventions at once)
Soil: Use no tillage in arable fields
Likely to be beneficial Based on: 40 studies
Soil: Use no tillage in arable fields
Soil: Use reduced tillage in arable fields
Beneficial Based on: 40 studies
Soil: Use reduced tillage in arable fields
Plant wild bird seed or cover mixture
Beneficial Based on: 40 studies
Plant wild bird seed or cover mixture
Provide bat boxes for roosting bats
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) Based on: 42 studies
Provide bat boxes for roosting bats
Provide artificial nest sites for solitary bees
Based on: 45 studies
Provide artificial nest sites for solitary bees
Other biodiversity: Exclude grazers
Trade-off between benefit and harms Based on: 45 studies
Other biodiversity: Exclude grazers
Reduce tillage
Likely to be beneficial Based on: 46 studies
Reduce tillage
Reduce fertilizer, pesticide or herbicide use generally
Beneficial Based on: 47 studies
Reduce fertilizer, pesticide or herbicide use generally
Pay farmers to cover the cost of conservation measures (as in agri-environment schemes)
Likely to be beneficial Based on: 47 studies
Pay farmers to cover the cost of conservation measures (as in agri-environment schemes)
Create uncultivated margins around intensive arable or pasture fields
Beneficial Based on: 49 studies
Create uncultivated margins around intensive arable or pasture fields
Plant wild bird seed or cover mixture
Beneficial Based on: 49 studies
Plant wild bird seed or cover mixture
Provide or retain set-aside areas in farmland
Beneficial Based on: 54 studies
Provide or retain set-aside areas in farmland
Install barrier fencing and underpasses along roads
Beneficial Based on: 55 studies
Install barrier fencing and underpasses along roads
Change tillage practices
Trade-off between benefit and harms Based on: 56 studies
Change tillage practices
Leave headlands in fields unsprayed (conservation headlands)
Beneficial Based on: 57 studies
Leave headlands in fields unsprayed (conservation headlands)
Translocate to re-establish or boost populations in native range
Beneficial Based on: 64 studies
Translocate to re-establish or boost populations in native range
Provide artificial nesting sites for songbirds
Beneficial Based on: 65 studies
Provide artificial nesting sites for songbirds
Plant grass buffer strips/margins around arable or pasture fields
Beneficial Based on: 69 studies
Plant grass buffer strips/margins around arable or pasture fields
Restore/create species-rich, semi-natural grassland
Beneficial Based on: 71 studies
Restore/create species-rich, semi-natural grassland
Plant nectar flower mixture/wildflower strips
Beneficial Based on: 104 studies
Plant nectar flower mixture/wildflower strips
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