{"id":253663,"date":"2023-07-27T21:40:53","date_gmt":"2023-07-27T16:10:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=253663"},"modified":"2023-09-22T09:18:55","modified_gmt":"2023-09-22T03:48:55","slug":"harness-silvopasture-systems-for-local-climate-resilience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/harness-silvopasture-systems-for-local-climate-resilience\/","title":{"rendered":"Harness silvopasture systems for local climate resilience"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The post is based on the article <\/span><b>\u201cHarness silvopasture systems for local climate resilience\u201d\u00a0 <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">published in <\/span><b>Down To Earth on 25th July 2023.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><b>What is the News?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In light of the global deterioration of natural resources and forests, silvopasture systems offer a relevant solution to deforestation trends.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>What is Silvopasture?<\/b><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_253664\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-253664\" style=\"width: 636px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-253664 \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/0.00599800_1690287880_silvopasture-infographic.jpg?resize=636%2C891&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"636\" height=\"891\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/0.00599800_1690287880_silvopasture-infographic.jpg?resize=731%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 731w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/0.00599800_1690287880_silvopasture-infographic.jpg?resize=214%2C300&amp;ssl=1 214w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/0.00599800_1690287880_silvopasture-infographic.jpg?resize=768%2C1076&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/0.00599800_1690287880_silvopasture-infographic.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-253664\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Down to Earth<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Silvopasture is an ancient and proven practice that harmoniously integrates trees, forage and livestock on the same land.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By combining these elements, silvopasture brings numerous environmental advantages, including improved local climate resilience.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Silvopasture practices currently cover a vast expanse of 550 million hectares worldwide.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>What are the advantages of Silvopasture?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><b>Deforestation: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Silvopasture can play a vital role in reversing the negative trend of deforestation for pasture land.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Carbon Sinks:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The trees on silvopasture lands act as natural carbon sinks, sequestering five to 10 times more carbon then pastures without trees.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Regulate local climatic conditions: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Silvopasture systems also regulate local climatic conditions, buffering against temperature and wind extremes, providing a favorable living environment for livestock.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Nutrition cycle: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The extensive root systems of trees within silvopasture plots contribute to nutrient cycling, improved soil stability and quality while effectively combating erosion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Soil infiltration rates: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Soil infiltration rates in silvopasture systems surpass those of open pastures, enhancing water storage potential.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Livestock:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The cattle utilized the silvopasture landscape more evenly as there was more shading throughout the plot, reducing heat stress during the warm-weather portions of the year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: The post is based on the article \u201cHarness silvopasture systems for local climate resilience\u201d\u00a0 published in Down To Earth on 25th July 2023. What is the News? In light of the global deterioration of natural resources and forests, silvopasture systems offer a relevant solution to deforestation trends. What is Silvopasture? Silvopasture is an ancient&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/harness-silvopasture-systems-for-local-climate-resilience\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Harness silvopasture systems for local climate resilience<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,4182,9],"tags":[10504,10514],"class_list":["post-253663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-environment","category-public","tag-down-to-earth","tag-dte","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=253663"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253663\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=253663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=253663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}