Holistic Management or Livestock Manipulation?

In this captivating talk, Zimbabwean-born Allan Savory, a biologist, an ecologist, an environmentalist, a politician, and an activist, makes a compelling case for reversing the trend of desertification of two-thirds of world's grasslands and the interrelated problems of poverty and climate change by applying the natural principles of holistic management. Desertification is a fancy word for land that is turning into desert. He points out that desertification is responsible for large-scale migration of people, poverty, social breakdown of societies, climate change and this is only occurring in the arid and semi-arid areas of the world. Savory argues that desertification is caused by the livestock, goats, and overgrazing of animals leaving the soil bare and giving off methane to the atmosphere. To arrest this trend, Savory comes up with a solution based on what he calls holistic management or planned grazing, a planning process that does address all of nature’s complexity and our social, environmental, and economic complexity. Take a look! Video Credit: TED