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Book SynopsisHolistic management is a systems-thinking approach developed by biologist Allan Savory to restore the world's grassland soils and minimize the damaging effects of climate change and desertification on humans and the natural world. This third edition of Holistic Management Handbook: Regenerating Your Land and Growing Your Profits is the long-awaited companion volume to the classic text Holistic Management, Third Edition. Crafted under the direction of Savory's longtime collaborator Jody Butterfield, this handbook is the key to developing a comprehensive holistic land plan based on Savory's principles that will help you to restore health to your land and ensure a stable, sustainable livelihood from its bounty. This new edition, thoroughly revised, updated, and streamlined, explains the planning procedures described in Holistic Management, and offers step-by-step instructions for running a ranch or farm using a holistic management approach. Butterfield and her coauthors describe how to use the handbook in conjunction with the textbook to tailor a management plan for your unique combination of land, livestock, and finances. Their mantra is "plan, monitor, control, and replan." Using a four-part approach, the authors walk readers through basic concepts and techniques, help them put a plan onto paper, monitor the results, and adjust the details as needed. Appendixes provide updated worksheets, checklists, planning and monitoring forms, and detailed examples of typical scenarios a user might encounter. The handbook includes a comprehensive glossary of terms. Ranchers, farmers, pastoralists, social entrepreneurs, government agencies, and NGOs working to address global environmental degradation will find this comprehensive handbook an indispensable guide to putting the holistic management concept into action with tangible results they can take to the bank.
Table of ContentsPreface PART 1. Holistic Financial Planning Generating Lasting Wealth Mastering the Basics Creating Your Plan Summary PART 2. Holistic Planned Grazing Getting Animals to the Right Place at the Right Time, with the Right Behavior Mastering the Basics Creating Your Plan Summary PART 3. Holistic Ecological Monitoring Keeping Management Proactive Mastering the Basics Monitoring Your Land Summary PART 4. Holistic Land Planning Designing the Ideal Layout of Facilities for a Grazing Operation Mastering the Basics Creating Your Plan Summary Appendix 1. The Context Checks in Summary Appendix 2. Holistic Financial Planning Forms Appendix 3. Grazing Two or More Herds in the Same Grazing Unit Appendix 4. A More Refined Method for Calculating Grazing Period Adjustment Based on Herd Size Changes Appendix 5. Grazing Planning Forms Appendix 6. Interpreting Your Monitoring: 5 Scenarios Appendix 7. Ecological Monitoring Forms Glossary Index
