Restoring the ancient Caledonian Forest Alan Watson Featherstone TEDxFindhorn

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iorek_dev · 2021-07 · Recommendation

For those who are interested in the topic of soil reconstruction and balance in nature, some more sources: Documentary on the Loess plateau in China: [LINK] Talk on the Caledonian Forest: [VIDEO] Talk on using the "herd effect" in Africa: [LINK] A talk presenting a realistic view on soil reconstruction, what IMO is the best argument to convince farmers: [LINK]

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nerdponx · 2022-07 · Reference

> the amount of grazing required for that is absolutely larger than anything we have today Who's to say that there wasn't more grazing (by area) back then? > Further, grazing makes fields more robust if done property. I'm not a farmer, but I know that this depends a lot on what is doing the grazing. Sheep for example apparently graze the grass down really far, and prevent the growth of bushes and tree saplings that are otherwise important for balancing the ecosystem. In the US in the 1800s, there was outright armed conflict between sheep and cattle ranchers over this issue: [LINK] And as far as I know, England and Scotland lack trees specifically because overgrazing prevented forests from regenerating after being cut for timber: [VIDEO]

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Litost · 2020-06 · Reference

"To be fair much of Scotland used to be covered in forestry and has been denuded. There are some interesting projects showing what happens if the land is simply protected from over grazing (particularly by deer)." Interesting this popped up, as I'm studying an Ecosystem Restoration Design Course and the first week was studying exactly this, related Ted Talk here - [VIDEO] But yes, overgrazing is the main culprit there (and also in a lot of other places that have suffered ecosystem collapse).

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