Standards of conduct and reporting in evidence syntheses that could inform environmental policy and management decisions.

ABSTRACT: Accurate, unbiased and concise synthesis of available evidence following clear methodology and transparent reporting is necessary to support effective environmental policy and management decisions. Without this, less reliable and/or less objective reviews of evidence could inform decision making, leading to ineffective, resource wasteful interventions with potential for unintended consequences. We evaluated the reliability of over 1000 evidence syntheses (reviews and overviews) published between 2018 and 2020 that provide evidence on the impacts of human activities or effectiveness of interventions relevant to environmental management. The syntheses are drawn from the Collaboration for Environmental Evidence Database of Evidence Reviews (CEEDER), an online, freely available evidence servic

SUBMITTER: Pullin AS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11378768 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature