what is holistic management? - presented by allan savory

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Permaculture Voices

Allan SavoryFebruary 2015

10 tons

New Mexico 1957

Complexity: Social Environmental Economic

Permaculture design BiodynamicIndustrial chemical

Regenerative

Organic

Sustainable

Social Environment EconomicPermaculture design Biodynamic

Industrial chemicalRegenerative Organic Sustainable

What is missing?Management of complexity

Holistic Management

Biodiversity

NASA NASA

Public & Scientific Belief

Non-effective rain flows across soil or evaporating from soil.

Effective rain flows through soil or plants.

Technology

Fire

Concept of resting environment

Euros 10,000 per hectare

$30 Billion on 1% of land

TechnologyFireResting landPlant trees & grass

ONLY OPTION

CO2

N2O

N2O

CH4

CH4

BC

BCDESERTIFICATION

Causing climate change

CO2

From fossil fuels

From agriculture

CO2

CO2

N2O

N2O

CH4

CH4

BC

BCDESERTIFICATION

Stop without livestock?

Technology - Fire - Rest

CO2

CO2

N2O

N2O

CH4

CH4

BC

BCDESERTIFICATION

Stop with livestock ?

Technology – Fire – Rest - LivestockHolistic management

CO2

CO2

N2O

N2O

CH4

CH4

BC

BCDESERTIFICATION

Atmospheric Excess

Soil long termTrees & grass ambient cycle – 100 year?Acidifying

CO2

CO2

N2O

N2O

CH4

CH4

BC

BCDESERTIFICATION

Remove store safely?

Technology – Fire - Rest

Nothing without risk

CO2

CO2

N2O

N2O

CH4

CH4

BC

BC DESERTIFICATION

Remove stop store with livestock?

Technology – Fire – Rest - Livestock

Without livestock

Stop Remove

CO2

CH4

N2O

BC

Desertification

+/-50 %

+/-50 %

+/-50 %

+/-50 %

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With livestock

Stop Remove

40 years ago

South Africa

Lebowa

HOLISTIC planned grazing

Culture Economy

Livestock/cropsWildlife. etcHolisti

c Management

Social Environment Economic

Permaculture designBiodynamic

Industrial chemical

Regenerative

Organic

Sustainable

Genetic

Objectives

Tech.Fire.Rest-

Many factors

Simple context

Social Environment EconomicPermaculture design Biodynamic

Industrial chemicalRegenerative Organic Sustainable

What is missing?Management to address complexity

Holistic Management

Holistic

Holistic context

Objectives

Tech.Fire.Rest L/stock

Many factors

Contact Info

Chris Kerstonckerston@SavoryInstitute.orgwww.SavoryInstitute.org

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