Difference between revisions of "Holistic Management"
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| + | ===Timing is Everything=== | ||
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| + | "You cannot overgraze land, you can only overgraze plants." | ||
| + | *Plants need a recovery period before a second bite is taken in order for it to fully recover. | ||
| + | *The process of recovery after grazing means growing an entirely new root system, not just regrowing above ground biomass comparable to before the grazing event. | ||
| + | *Overgrazing and overtrampling is more depenedent of the '''amount of time and frequency''' animals are exposed to land/plants and '''not the number''' of animals. | ||
Revision as of 11:24, 13 September 2015
"The core competency of Holistic Management is the ecologically regenerative, economically viable, and socially sound management of the world’s grasslands, rangelands, and savannas. These environments comprise two-thirds of the planet’s surface area." <ref> Savory Institute
Contents
Key Insights
Holism
Brittleness
This concept helps describe an environment depending especially on soil moisture by looking at:
- precipitation reliability
- the distribution of humidity during the year
- chem/physical breaking down of dead organic matter
- how quickly soil biology communities develop
Land responds very differently to various practices and tools in brittle and non-brittle environments because of the speed and effectiveness of the decay process.
Predator-Prey Relationship
Timing is Everything
"You cannot overgraze land, you can only overgraze plants."
- Plants need a recovery period before a second bite is taken in order for it to fully recover.
- The process of recovery after grazing means growing an entirely new root system, not just regrowing above ground biomass comparable to before the grazing event.
- Overgrazing and overtrampling is more depenedent of the amount of time and frequency animals are exposed to land/plants and not the number of animals.
