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Holistic Management A Commonsense Revolution to Restore Our Environment, Third Edition
By Allan Savory With Jody Butterfield Washington, DC (November 10, 2016) – Fossil fuels and livestock grazing are often targeted as major culprits behind climate change and desertification. But biologist Allan Savory, cofounder of the Savory Institute, begs to differ. He argues that fossil fuels and livestock do not inherently contribute to these problems, but how they are managed does. Savory advocates for a holistic approach to managing resources that can actually restore our grassland soils and thus their ability to sequester carbon. Holistic Management: A Commonsense Revolution to Restore Our Environment (Publication Date: November 10, 2016) is the long-anticipated update to Savory’s foundational ideas. Holistic Management posits that properly managed livestock are key to restoring the grassland soils we once thought livestock were responsible for destroying. It updates his paradigm-changing vision for reversing desertification, stemming the loss of biodiversity, eliminating fundamental causes of human impoverishment throughout the world, and climate change. Reorganized chapters make it easier for readers to understand the framework for Holistic Management and the key insights that underlie it. Case studies and new color photographs showcase before-and-after examples of land restored by livestock management designed to mimic the behavior of the wildlife herds of the past. Over a decade after the second edition of Holistic Management was published in 1999, Savory’s ideas still resonate. In 2013, Savory gave a TED Talk on Holistic Management that has since been