Description: Fossil fuels and livestock grazing are often targeted as major culprits behind climate change and desertification. But Allan Savory, cofounder of the Savory Institute, begs to differ. The bigger problem, he warns, is our mismanagement of resources. Livestock grazing is not the problem, it's how we graze livestock. If we don't change the way we approach land management, irreparable harm from climate change could continue long after we replace fossil fuels with environmentally benign energy sources. Holistic management is a systems-thinking approach for managing resources developed by Savory decades ago after observing the devastation of desertification in his native Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). Properly managed livestock are key to restoring the world's grassland soils, the major sink for atmospheric carbon, and minimizing the most damaging impacts on humans and the natural world.This book updates Savory's paradigm-changing vision for reversing desertification, stemming the loss of biodiversity, eliminating fundamental causes 'of' human impoverishment throughout the world, and climate change. Reorganised chapters make it easier for readers to understand the framework for Holistic Management and the four key insights that underlie it. New colour photographs Showcase before-and-after examples of land restored by livestock. This long-anticipated new edition is written for new generations of farmers, eco- and social entrepreneurs, and development professionals working to address global environmental and social degradation. It offers new hope that a sustainable future for humankind and the world we depend on is within reach.
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EAN: 9781610917438
UPC: 9781610917438
ISBN: 9781610917438
MPN: N/A
Item Length: 22.9 cm
Number of Pages: 500 Pages
Publication Name: Holistic Management: a Commonsense Revolution to Restore Our Environment
Language: English
Publisher: Island Press
Item Height: 229 mm
Subject: Geology, Management
Publication Year: 2016
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 680 g
Subject Area: Natural Science
Author: Allan Savory, Jody Butterfield
Item Width: 152 mm
Format: Paperback
