Draft reviews are placed on this website in order to obtain feedback and comments from subject experts, the user community and other stakeholders. Draft reviews also undergo formal peer review: for details of this process, please refer to our Peer Review Policy.

We emphasise that these are not completed systematic reviews, and should not be used in any form for any purpose other than providing feedback on their content.

We would appreciate any feedback you wish to provide on any draft reviews, and ask that you to use the feedback form provided. We thank you in advance for your time and comments and will consider any issues that are raised.

Draft reviews currently open for public consultation:

• Review 49 - "How do draining and re-wetting affect carbon stores and greenhouse gas fluxes in peat soils?" Deadline for feedback: 26th March 2010. Please complete and return the feedback form provided.
  
  
• Review 57 - "Effectiveness of environmental education initiatives for the conservation of the Andean bear in the Andes mountain range" Deadline for feedback: 26th March 2010. Please complete and return the feedback form provided.

Reviews currently being finalised:

• Review 37 - "What is the impact of disturbance on tropical dry forest regeneration?"
  
  
• Review 16 - "What is the Impact of Public Access on Ground-Nesting Birds?" Currently under-going formal peer review.

  
  
• Review 55 - "Is translocation of problematic jaguars (Panthera onca) an effective strategy to resolve human-predator conflicts?"
  
  
• Review 43 - "Which matrix features affect species movement?" Currently under-going formal peer review.
  
  
• Review 48 - "The Evidence Base for Community Forest Management as a Mechanism for Supplying Global Environmental Benefits and Improving Local Welfare"
  
  
• Review 40 - The importance of nature for health: is there a specific benefit of contact with greenspace?
  
  
• Review 38 - Is predator control an effective strategy for enhancing bird populations?
  
  
• Review 61 - Effectiveness of protected areas for the conservation of threatened species of the genus Amazona. Currently under-going formal peer review.
  
  
• Review 63 - Do managed grazed lands contribute to conservation of plant diversity in Australian temperate grassy eucalypt woodland?
  
  
• Review 41 - How effective is ‘greening’ of urban areas in reducing human exposure to ground level ozone concentrations, UV exposure and the ‘urban heat island effect’?