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Changes in Vegetation of Flooded Savannas Subject to Cattle Grazing and Fire in Plains of Colombia

Volume 10 Issue 2

Peer-reviewed publication
February, 2021
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Colombia, United States of America
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
grasslands
grazing
land management
sustainable land management
Cattle grazing and fire are common types of management on natural ecosystems, generating several threats to the conservation of native vegetation (e.g., changes in species richness, cover, and abundance, mainly of bovine-palatable species). In this work, we analysed the response of the structure and composition of vegetation managed with different cattle stocking rates and fire in the savanna ecosystems of Colombia. The study was located in the eastern area of the Llanos region, where savannas were subjected to grazing and burning.
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Livestock-derived greenhouse gas emissions in a diversified grazing system in the endangered Pampa biome, Southern Brazil

Land Use Policy Volume 75

Peer-reviewed publication
June, 2018
Brazil, Greece, United States of America
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
grazing
land use
livestock
research
Discussions about climate change have repeatedly regarded livestock as responsible for a significant contribution of greenhouse gas emissions. However, proper management schemes for livestock production may contribute to a reduction in emissions and, at the same time, induce optimization of production systems and intensification of food production.
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Changes in Livestock Grazing Efficiency Incorporating Grassland Productivity: The Case of Hulun Buir, China

Volume 9 Issue 11

Peer-reviewed publication
November, 2020
United States of America, China, Russia
Land & Investments
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
livestock
grazing
land productivity
Recently, improving technical efficiency is an effective way to enhance the quality of grass-based livestock husbandry production and promote an increase in the income of herdsmen, especially in the background of a continuing intensification of climate change processes.
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Carbon Storage Potential of Silvopastoral Systems of Colombia

Volume 9 Issue 9

Peer-reviewed publication
September, 2020
Colombia, Portugal, United States of America
Forest Landscape Restoration
Forest Tenure
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
agroforestry systems
climate change
community forestry
forestry
grazing
land restoration
Nine Latin American countries plan to use silvopastoral practices—incorporating trees into grazing lands—to mitigate climate change. However, the cumulative potential of scaling up silvopastoral systems at national levels is not well quantified. Here, we combined previously published tree cover data based on 250 m resolution MODIS satellite remote sensing imagery for 2000–2017 with ecofloristic zone carbon stock estimates to calculate historical and potential future tree biomass carbon storage in Colombian grasslands.
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Sustainable Land Management, Wildfire Risk and the Role of Grazing in Mediterranean Urban-Rural Interfaces: A Regional Approach from Greece

Volume 9 Issue 1

Peer-reviewed publication
January, 2020
Greece, Europe
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
sustainable land management
land management
grazing
Mediterranean regions are likely to be the most vulnerable areas to wildfires in Europe. In this context, land-use change has promoted land abandonment and the consequent accumulation of biomass (fuel) in (progressively less managed) forests and (non-forest) natural land, causing higher fire density and severity, economic damage, and land degradation. The expansion of Wildland-Urban Interfaces (WUIs) further affects fire density by negatively impacting peri-urban farming and livestock density.
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Horse Welfare and Natural Values on Semi-Natural and Extensive Pastures in Finland: Synergies and Trade-Offs

Volume 6 Issue 4

Peer-reviewed publication
December, 2017
Finland, Europe
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
agricultural land management
grazing
In several regions in Europe, the horse is becoming a common grazer on semi-natural and cultivated grasslands, though the pasturing benefits for animals and biodiversity alike are not universally appreciated. The composition of ground vegetation on pastures determines the value of both the forage for grazing animals as well as the biodiversity values for species associated with the pastoral ecosystems. We studied three pastures, each representing one of the management types in southern Finland (latitudes 60–61): semi-natural, permanent and cultivated grassland.
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A model to accompany the combined management of livestock farming systems and woodlands on the Causse du Larzac (Aveyron, France)

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2010
France
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
land use
territory
grazing
Once the conditions that led to the creation of the Société Civile des Terres du Larzac (SCTL) have been introduced, the companion modelling approach used with this group of farmers is presented. The agent-based model co-constructed with a group of researchers and technicians is then described, as well as the way it was used to confront scenarios developed by the SCTL to envision management options of the forest massif, with scenarios developed by the farmers to improve the current functioning of their farms
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Managing farmland flora to promote biodiversity in Europe.CAB Reviews

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2011
Europe
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
grazing
Modern agriculture has increased food production, improved food security and reduced poverty, but farming has also caused a considerable decrease in biodiversity, primarily through land-use intensification and overexploitation, along with excessive pesticide and water use, nutrient loading and pollution. The major purpose of agriculture is to ensure sustainable food production, adequate nutrition and stable livelihoods for all.
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Development of innovative machinery and resource-saving technologies оf feed production as the basis of livestock breeding development

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2017
Russia
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
grazing
The paper proves the necessity of making a system of technologies and machines for feed production as a necessary factor in the development of livestock breeding. The promising resource-saving technological groups include: radical improvement of natural forage lands; surface improvement of artificial hayfields and pastures and maintaining their productive service life with the use of combined machines; accelerated grassing of natural forage lands; and growing forage crops on the arable land.
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Roedores pequeños en un sistema de producción de ganado lechero

Journal Articles & Books
January, 2009
Jersey, Costa Rica
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
grazing
Con el objetivo de identificar las especies de roedores pequeños asociadas a un sistema de producción de ganado de leche ubicado en Turrialba, Cartago, Costa Rica, se muestreó durante los meses de mayo del 2007 a abril del 2008 un área de potrero con cobertura permanente de pasto estrella africana (Cynodon nlemfuensis), una área de instalaciones y un bosque secundario de 15 años.