Please login or create an account to join the discussion.
Community Register Login

Six briefings: Pastoralism and biodiversity

Research programme PASTRES (Pastoralism, Uncertainty and Resilience) has released six short briefing papers on the links between extensive, mobile pastoralist systems, biodiversity and conservation. Each paper is available in English, French and Spanish.

Keywords
Conservation grazing
Conservation/biodiversity
Grazing and grassland
Rewilding

The papers are:

  1. The benefits of pastoralism for biodiversity and the climate
  2. Why tree planting in rangelands can be bad for biodiversity and the climate
  3. Enhancing biodiversity through livestock keeping
  4. Going up in smoke: how livestock keeping can reduce wildfires
  5. Rewilding and ecosystem restoration: what is ‘natural’?
  6. Collaborative conservation: pastoralists as conservationists

Read the briefing series, Pastoralism and biodiversity, here. We have also featured a 2021 report from PASTRES: Are livestock always bad for the planet? See also the TABLE explainer Focus: the difficult livestock issue and the essay Milk and meat production in the drylands of Tanzania amidst climate change.

Visit the original item here

Post a new comment »

Login or register to comment with your personal account. Anonymous comments require approval to be visible.

minute read

Publication
12 Dec 2022
Image
Six briefings: Pastoralism and biodiversity
Actors
NGOs/Think tanks
Document type
Reports
Fodder Category
Reports
Region
Global
Research trails
Biodiversity and ecosystems
Primary production: Agriculture

A collaboration between