Tools Available that Can Measure Our Improvements - Tre’ Cates, Chief Operating Officer/CFO, Savory Institute, from the 2014 Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (GRSB), November 2 -5, 2014, São Paulo, Brazil. More presentations at http://trufflemedia.com/agmedia/conference/2014-global-roundtable-sustainable-beef

1. The Foundation of
Holistic Management

3. NASA! NASA

4.
“Land
degrada)on
costs
an
es)mated
US$40
billion
annually
worldwide,
without
taking
into
account
hidden
costs
of
increased
fer7lizer
use,
loss
of
biodiversity
and
loss
of
unique
landscapes.”
-­‐
Food
&
Agricultural
Organiza2on
of
the
UN
“...the
Responsible
Investment
(PRI)
and
UNEP
Finance
Ini7a7ve
es)mated
the
cost
of
the
mismanagement
of
all
natural
assets
to
the
world
economy
today
at
around
USD
6.6
trillion
a
year
—the
equivalent
of
11
percent
of
global
gross
domes7c
product—through
effects
like
contamina7on
of
water
supplies,
loss
of
fer7le
land
through
soil
erosion
and
drought,
and
supply
chain
disrup7ons
from
deforesta7on
and
overfishing
(2010).”
-­‐
UNCCD
fact
sheet
“The
produc7vity
of
some
lands
has
declined
by
50%
due
to
soil
erosion
and
deser7fica7on…On
a
global
scale
the
annual
loss
of
75
billion
tons
of
soil
costs
the
world
about
US$400
billion
per
year.”
-­‐
Eswaran,
H.,
R.
Lal
and
P.F.
Reich.
2001.
Land
degrada2on:
an
overview.
Market
Opportuni)es

5. Holistic Management
A decision making framework which results in
ecologically regenerative, economically viable
and socially sound management of the world’s
grasslands.
Holis2c
Management
was
first
developed
over
40
years
ago
by
Allan
Savory,
a
Zimbabwean
biologist,
game
ranger,
poli2cian,
farmer,
and
rancher,
who
was
searching
for
ways
to
save
the
beau2ful
savannah
and
its
wildlife
in
southern
Africa.

7. Four Key Insights
• The First Insight: A holistic perspective is
essential in management.
• The Second Insight: The brittleness scale.
• The Third Insight: The predator-prey
connection to the land.
• The Fourth Insight: Plant recovery time

10. Ecosystem Processes:
Four windows into the same room

11. Large grazing animals trample down material to the soil surface where it breaks down
The Role of Large Animals

18. A
dynamic
planning
process
that
can
effec7vely
and
prac7cally
account
for
this
nearly
overwhelming
level
of
complexity—human
values,
cultural
and
tradi7onal
prac7ces,
economic
goals
and
needs,
ecological
considera7ons,
biological
context,
weather
and
climate
implica7ons,
wildlife
habitat
considera7ons,
management
logis7cs
and
challenges,
topography,
animal
performance,
etc.
Holistic Planned Grazing

24. Holis7c
planned
grazing

25. RESULTS

35. DATE:
APRIL,
2009
LA
INMACULADA,
PITIQUITO,
SONORA,
MEXICO.

36. DATE:
SEPTEMBER,
2012
LA
INMACULADA,
PITIQUITO,
SONORA,
MEXICO.

40. Promote
the
large-­‐scale
restora/on
of
the
world’s
grasslands
through
Holis/c
Management
through:
• Healing
the
land
• Empowering
others
to
heal
the
land
• Removing
Barriers
There
is
approximately
40
Million
acres
currently
being
holis/cally
managed
globally
Savory Institute Mission

41. Savory
Ins)tute
Special
Projects
• Inner
Mongolia,
China
–
TNC
Partnership
• Fox
Ranch,
Colorado,
USA
–
TNC
Partnership
• BX
Ranch,
Colorado,
USA
–
TNC
Partnership
• Bulembu,
Swaziland
–
Building
Africa
Partnership
• Sahel
Region,
Africa
-­‐
Heifer
Interna7onal
Partnership
• Abu
Dhabi,
UAE
-­‐
Govt
Partnership
• SAGARPA
Mexico
–
Govt
Partnership
with
Savory
Hubs

44. Savory
Ins)tute
Strategy:
Hubs
Our
2025
vision
is
to
create
a
global
network
of
producers,
educators
and
organiza/ons
worldwide
empowered
to
influence
and
restore
over
one
billion
hectares
of
the
world’s
grasslands
(1/5
of
total
grasslands
area)
through
the
establishment
of
100+
Hubs.

46. • HM
Training,
Consul/ng
and
Monitoring
-­‐
Cer7fica7on/Accredita7on
programs
in
partnership
with
local
Colleges
-­‐
Local
consul7ng
projects
with
commercial
farmers
• Ecosystems
Services
-­‐
When
markets
are
available,
mone7ze
carbon
and
water
produc7on
• Market
Products
-­‐
Meat,
Dairy,
Wool,
Leather
• Rural
Entrepreneurial
Incubators
-­‐
An
opportunity
to
s7mulate
local
entrepreneurial
solu7ons.
This
could
involve
other
enterprises
including
but
not
limited
to
abacoirs,
retail
meat,
food,
water,
solar
businesses
and
other
locally
relevant
opportuni7es.
Savory
Hub
Services

48. Current
Hubs
• Argen7na
• Chile
• Ethiopia
• Kenya
(2)
• Mexico
(4)
• United
States
(6)
• Spain
• South
Africa
• Sweden
• Turkey
• Zimbabwe

50. Stay
engaged
with
Savory
Ins)tute
at:
www.facebook.com/
SavoryIns7tute
www.twicer.com/
SavoryIns7tute
www.SavoryIns)tute.org