http://permaculture.org.au/2010/05/14/permaculture-indigenous-tree-project-in-ghana/ Permaculture News, Commentary and Worldwide Projects. Tue, 22 May 2012 06:34:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://permaculture.org.au/2010/05/14/permaculture-indigenous-tree-project-in-ghana/#comment-48086 Chloe Wolsey Mon, 17 May 2010 08:25:15 +0000 http://permaculture.org.au/?p=3093#comment-48086 As may be the work of grassland ecologist, Dr. Caroline Jones in Australia. As may be the work of grassland ecologist, Dr. Caroline Jones in Australia.

]]> http://permaculture.org.au/2010/05/14/permaculture-indigenous-tree-project-in-ghana/#comment-48084 Chloe Wolsey Mon, 17 May 2010 08:23:18 +0000 http://permaculture.org.au/?p=3093#comment-48084 One of the primary causes mentioned for the ruination of land in is overgrazing. Are we really sure of this - especially on lands that used to support migrating herds of millions of herbivores? We have recently watched a lecture given by Allan Savory about the issue of 'overgrazing' and it actually means ill-managed grazing & that the removal of grazers and periods of 'rest' are disasterous: leading to oxidation of the grasses, then desertification. Grasslands are ruined by herds of non-migratory cattle if not managed. But it is to do with the duration of the time and the numbers of cattle on each patch: Savory has healed dead land back to health in S.Africa by using huge densities of cattle on small portions of land. Perhaps his methods (which once again, mimick the original natural system of the area and are based on observation of what nature knew was best for her - just as Mollison learned to develop his ideas from observation). You can read of how to heal grasslands in Savory's book 'Holistic Management: A New Framework for Decision-making'. Savory claims that we cannot hope to fight climate chaos without massive herbivore herds in dry grassland areas and the stopping of burning. It may be another extremely eye-opening tool in the permaculture tool-kit. One of the primary causes mentioned for the ruination of land in is overgrazing. Are we really sure of this – especially on lands that used to support migrating herds of millions of herbivores? We have recently watched a lecture given by Allan Savory about the
issue of ‘overgrazing’ and it actually means ill-managed grazing & that the removal of grazers and periods of ‘rest’ are disasterous: leading to oxidation of the grasses, then desertification. Grasslands are ruined by herds of non-migratory cattle if not managed. But it is to do with the duration of the time and the numbers of cattle on each patch: Savory has healed dead land back to health in S.Africa by using huge densities of cattle on small portions of land. Perhaps his methods (which once again, mimick the original natural system of the area and are based on observation of what nature knew was best for her – just as Mollison learned to develop his ideas from observation). You can read of how to heal grasslands in Savory’s book ‘Holistic Management: A New Framework for Decision-making’.
Savory claims that we cannot hope to fight climate chaos without massive herbivore herds in dry grassland areas and the stopping of burning. It may be another extremely eye-opening tool in the
permaculture tool-kit.

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