The changes have been quite dramatic... from seeing almost completely bare land,
practically naked, to seeing land that has been almost covered, almost to its' totality, that didn't have any ground cover before, and now it's covered almost completely.
If we put this into numbers, we're talking about going from 5-10% ground cover to 80-85% ground cover.
We're talking about massive quantities of
carbon being stored back in the soil, where it should be, rather than in the atmosphere.
Benefits of Holistic Management
Using available resources to achieve a
"triple bottom line" of sustainability
The "triple bottom line" of managing holistically is reflected in a rich return of sustainable economic, environmental and social benefits. It is achieved with resources the land manager already has in place. Whether land is used for ranching, organics production, food production in pastoral communities or public lands preservation, or even if it is unused, it can be returned to health and/or its productivity greatly increased without large infusions of cash, equipment or technology.
Holistic Management enables land stewards to utilize resources available now to obtain these results:
- Reversal of desertification.
- More biologically active soils.
- More productive rangeland or cropland.
- Removal of existing Carbon Dioxide from the atmosphere.
- Less new Carbon Dioxide due to reduction of crop and forage burning.
- Reduced costs.
- Enhanced profits & livelihoods.
- Increased carrying capacity.
- Maximum benefit from rainfall.
- Protection from drought.
- Improved wildlife habitat.
- Better food security.
- Improved economic viability for organics production.
- Clean water.
- Healthier environment.
- Stronger family relationships.
30 million acres of land worldwide currently benefit from Holistic Management practices.