savory's Holistic Management
Allan Savory & The Savory Institute have developed the principles of "Holistic Management" which is applied to animal husbandry. Degradation of the world's semi-arid and arid grasslands can be reversed through cattle intensification - which has traditionally been seen as the very cause of land degradation - and planned grazing management.
This includes aspects such as "higher stocking densities, shorter grazing periods, and longer recovery times than are traditionally recommended, [which] as nature dictates are different in each environment. There is no prescribed recipe." (see Research Portfolio).
This includes aspects such as "higher stocking densities, shorter grazing periods, and longer recovery times than are traditionally recommended, [which] as nature dictates are different in each environment. There is no prescribed recipe." (see Research Portfolio).
--> Let's start with a short animation (3 min):
--> Allan Savory on TED Talks (Feb 2013, 20 min):
--> And for more details, the book that explains it all:
In terms of scientific evaluation, the best resource to start with is probably the Research Portfolio from the Savory Institute's website. It deals with scientific studies, including peer-reviewed articles that have assessed the method. There is also this short article: http://www.greenbiz.com/blog/2013/03/14/can-cattle-be-part-of-climate-change-solution
It seems that "cell grazing" is another term used for practices similar to the Holistic Planned Grazing, and is a special form of - but should not be confounded with - rotational grazing (Richards and Lawrence, 2009). Such new grazing methods have been listed as part of the key solutions to reverse climate change in Drawdown the 2017 book edited by Paul Hawken.
CITED REFERENCES:
Richards and Lawrence (2009) Adaptation and change in Queensland's rangelands Cell grazing as an emerging ideology of pastoral-ecology. Land Use Policy 26:630–639.
FURTHER REFERENCES - many of which also mentioned in the Research Portfolio 2013:
Briske et al. (2008) Rotational Grazing on Rangelands: Reconciliation of Perception and Experimental Evidence. Rangeland Ecol Management 61:3–17
Briske et al. (2011) Origin, persistence, and resolution of the rotational grazing debate Integrating human dimensions into rangeland research. Rangeland Ecology & Management, 64(4):325-334.
Savory, A. (1991) Holistic resource management A conceptual framework for ecologically sound economic modelling. Ecological Economics 3:181-19.
Savory, A. (2003) Reversing desertification - In practice. Annals of arid Zone 42(3-4):437-458. ISSN: 05701791 ( I couldn't find this article online)
It seems that "cell grazing" is another term used for practices similar to the Holistic Planned Grazing, and is a special form of - but should not be confounded with - rotational grazing (Richards and Lawrence, 2009). Such new grazing methods have been listed as part of the key solutions to reverse climate change in Drawdown the 2017 book edited by Paul Hawken.
CITED REFERENCES:
Richards and Lawrence (2009) Adaptation and change in Queensland's rangelands Cell grazing as an emerging ideology of pastoral-ecology. Land Use Policy 26:630–639.
FURTHER REFERENCES - many of which also mentioned in the Research Portfolio 2013:
Briske et al. (2008) Rotational Grazing on Rangelands: Reconciliation of Perception and Experimental Evidence. Rangeland Ecol Management 61:3–17
Briske et al. (2011) Origin, persistence, and resolution of the rotational grazing debate Integrating human dimensions into rangeland research. Rangeland Ecology & Management, 64(4):325-334.
Savory, A. (1991) Holistic resource management A conceptual framework for ecologically sound economic modelling. Ecological Economics 3:181-19.
Savory, A. (2003) Reversing desertification - In practice. Annals of arid Zone 42(3-4):437-458. ISSN: 05701791 ( I couldn't find this article online)
