Description
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 wildlife. This book updates Savory’s paradigm-changing vision for reversing desertification, stemming the lack of biodiversity, getting rid of fundamental causes of human impoverishment all the way through the world, and climate change. Reorganized chapters make it easier for readers to keep in mind the framework for Holistic Management and the four key insights that underlie it. New color photographs showcase before-and-after examples of land restored by livestock.
This long-anticipated new edition is written for new generations of ranchers, 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 rely on is within reach.