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47. Allan Savory - Keeping Cattle: cause or cure for c…
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Feasta Lecture 2009

Extracts available at vimeo.com/8291896

Allan Savory argued that while livestock may be part of the problem, they can also be an important part of the solution. He has demonstrated time and again in Africa, Australia and North and South America that, properly managed, they are essential to land restoration. With the right techniques, plant growth is lusher, the water table is higher, wildlife thrives, soil carbon increases and, surprisingly, perhaps four times as many cattle can be kept.

feasta.org/events/general/2009_lecture.htm
savoryinstitute.com

Recorded 7 November 2009, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
  • Emer O'Siochru 2 years ago
    Brilliant talk. He explains that our problems are not new but part of an old repeating story. This cycle of self destruction can be changed with the insight that, as the Earth systems are interrelated and holistic, our management of them must be so too. Good news!
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  • Eifion Paul 1 year ago
    Best environment lecture I've ever heard. Emer O'Siorchru is right very 'Good news!'
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  • girish arora 1 year ago
    awesome! seeing something explained through real time examples and straight talk gives one a lot of confidence in this kind of understanding.
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