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> https://ourworld.unu.edu/en/reversing-desertification-with-livestock https://ourworld.unu.edu/en/reversing-desertification-with-l... That link talks about Al
by tom_mellior 8y ago
> https://ourworld.unu.edu/en/reversing-desertification-with-livestock https://ourworld.unu.edu/en/reversing-desertification-with-l...
That link talks about Allan Savory's work. Savory has a reeeally well-done, convincing-sounding TED talk about this. But unfortunately it looks like many people who know a lot more about this than I do disagree with pretty much everything he says: https://slate.com/human-interest/2013/04/allan-savorys-ted-talk-is-wrong-and-the-benefits-of-holistic-grazing-have-been-debunked.html https://slate.com/human-interest/2013/04/allan-savorys-ted-t...
Also, even if keeping livestock is a good idea in some environments, that doesn't mean that farming livestock elsewhere is a similarly good idea.