How to fight desertification and reverse climate change
Publisher
TED
Publication Year
2013
Body
“Desertification is a fancy word for land that is turning to desert,†begins Allan Savory in this quietly powerful talk. And it's happening to about two-thirds of the world’s grasslands, accelerating climate change and causing traditional grazing societies to descend into social chaos. Savory has devoted his life to stopping it. He now believes — and his work so far shows — that a surprising factor can protect grasslands and even reclaim degraded land that was once desert.
Language
English
Resource Type
Multimedia
Document Type
Video
Collection
Keywords
global warming
climate change
grasslands
desertification
livestock
subsistence arming
rural areas
socio-economic aspects
degradation
restoration ecology
revegetation
system ecology
United States
Journal articles from the Grassland Society of Southern Africa (GSSA) African Journal of Range and Forage Science as well as related articles and reports from throughout the southern African region.