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Grazing with trees: A silvopastoral approach to managing and restoring drylands

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Title Grazing with trees: A silvopastoral approach to managing and restoring drylands
 
Creator Haddad, Fidaa
Herrera, Pedro
Besbes, Badi
 
Subject climate change adaptation
afforestation
reforestation
silvopastoral systems
trees
case studies
deforestation
dry lands
goal 13 climate action
livestocks
silvopastoral restoration
climate adaptation and mitigation
 
Description Trees in dryland forests and wooded areas provide key ecosystem services such as animal feed, timber, fruits and, regulation of soil and water cycles. Equally, the presence of livestock in dryland woody areas can also play an important role in the local ecosystem; not only are they a source of income for local communities, but they also help vegetation and mobilise stored biomass. When both of these ecosystem elements are wisely combined – livestock and trees – it creates an integrated agricultural system that can boost the local ecosystem, representing a welcome agro-ecological transition in livestock farming. The ‘Grazing with Trees’ report gives a thorough assessment of the positive role that optimized extensive grazing livestock farming can play in the management and restoration of drylands’ forests and lands with trees. It assesses and provides sound evidence on the benefits of applying an integrated landscape approach and utilizing farmers and pastoralists’ knowledge to halt desertification, increase resilience, and enhance food security under the actual changing scenario. The report confirms the importance of agroforestry as a primary pathway for forest restoration in dryland areas as recommended by FAO’s State of Forests 2022, and its recommendations encourage landscape planners and decision makers to consider livestock as allies, carefully restore tree cover and accelerate action to promote healthy ecosystems.
 
Date 2022-08-30
2023-01-17T21:00:59Z
2023-01-17T21:00:59Z
 
Type Book
 
Identifier FAO. 2022. Grazing with trees – A silvopastoral approach to managing and restoring drylands. FAO Forestry Paper, No. 187. Rome. https://doi.org/10.4060/cc2280en
978-92-5-136956-2
0258-6150
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/127348
https://doi.org/10.4060/cc2280en
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0
Open Access
 
Format application/pdf
 
Publisher FAO