REGENERATION OF GRASSLANDS!

One-third of the earth's surface is grasslands, seventy percent of the world's grasslands have been degraded. Loss of grasslands leads to climate change, floods, droughts, famine, and worldwide poverty. It's the mission of the Savory Institute to promote large-scale restoration of the world's grasslands through Holistic Management.

Holistic Management is a process of decision-making and planning that gives people the insights and management tools needed to understand nature: resulting in better, more informed decisions that balance key social, environmental, and financial considerations. In the context of the ecological restoration of grasslands worldwide, managers implement Holistic Planned Grazing to properly manage livestock — mimicking the predator/prey relationships in which these environments evolved.

For grasslands allowed to fully recover before being grazed again produce two to three times the biomass, per season, when compared to conventional constantly grazed grasslands. Just like wild herds graze in presence of pack hunters, being continuously on the move, only returning when grasslands are fully recovered. Nature shows the way how to restore the world's grasslands. Grasslands aren't just important to ranchers, but have a wide-ranging effect on the greater community. Agriculture is the foundation of civilization and any stable economy. Our grasslands can be the genesis of an incredibly strong economy, more self-sufficient communities, and the basis of miraculously renewable food production.

Being one-third of the earth's surface means the world's grasslands have the power to reverse climate change through the storage of tons of carbon out of the atmosphere into the soil. So let's restore them! To accelerate the regeneration of one billion hectares of grasslands by 2025, Savory launched a public awareness and crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo -''Grasslands: Nice to Visit, Critical to Save.''

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