Our food system is both a lifeline and a liability — it feeds eight billion people, but it’s also considered the largest threat to 86% of the world’s most endangered species.
Having just tried to find our more information of CL in regard to wildlife, browsing animals, livestock co-management, is there any formation about how the CL Farm Forests go about meat trade, say from deer or other browsing animals is approached.
In ProSilva style holistic forest management for example, the responsible management of wildlife and hunting and meat trade are part of the vegetation management, for many decades... Training and education are obviously part of this ...
Thank you for sharing about the work of Courageous Land! We are all saying that farmers need to change their practices to be more eco - but so much guidance and finance is needed here. Courageous Lands is exactly filling a part of this crucial gap.
ProSilva in ~27 Countries since 1989, ANW in Germany since 1950, CCCF in the UK, Táne's Tree Trust & Pure Advantage in Aotearoa New Zealand are all working on this concept:
"High-quality timber is another important source of revenue. Given the startup’s mission is reforestation, cutting down trees might sound a little counterproductive — but when done selectively, in a continuous cover system, harvesting select trees can enhance forest health and keep carbon locked in, Philip explains.
“We do continuous cover forestry,” he says. “We plant a number of fruit trees alongside timber species with different maturation rates — some of those timber trees will have mature wood after 18 years, others after 30 years, and others after 50 years. We will selectively harvest one or two trees every couple of years, and then continuously replant, so once a forest returns, it remains a forest.”
The harvested timber is then used in long-duration wood products, construction materials and furniture, Philip says, ensuring the carbon remains locked away for decades. Meanwhile, a new sapling can take root in the same spot, and so sequestration of carbon continues."
Great to read this in this latest News from Wedgetail.vc , superb!!
Having just tried to find our more information of CL in regard to wildlife, browsing animals, livestock co-management, is there any formation about how the CL Farm Forests go about meat trade, say from deer or other browsing animals is approached.
In ProSilva style holistic forest management for example, the responsible management of wildlife and hunting and meat trade are part of the vegetation management, for many decades... Training and education are obviously part of this ...
Thank you for sharing about the work of Courageous Land! We are all saying that farmers need to change their practices to be more eco - but so much guidance and finance is needed here. Courageous Lands is exactly filling a part of this crucial gap.
I was there!!
THINK LIKE A FOREST
Wellington NZ Oct 2022
https://pureadvantage.org/o-tatou-ngahere-conference-summary
ProSilva in ~27 Countries since 1989, ANW in Germany since 1950, CCCF in the UK, Táne's Tree Trust & Pure Advantage in Aotearoa New Zealand are all working on this concept:
"High-quality timber is another important source of revenue. Given the startup’s mission is reforestation, cutting down trees might sound a little counterproductive — but when done selectively, in a continuous cover system, harvesting select trees can enhance forest health and keep carbon locked in, Philip explains.
“We do continuous cover forestry,” he says. “We plant a number of fruit trees alongside timber species with different maturation rates — some of those timber trees will have mature wood after 18 years, others after 30 years, and others after 50 years. We will selectively harvest one or two trees every couple of years, and then continuously replant, so once a forest returns, it remains a forest.”
The harvested timber is then used in long-duration wood products, construction materials and furniture, Philip says, ensuring the carbon remains locked away for decades. Meanwhile, a new sapling can take root in the same spot, and so sequestration of carbon continues."
Great to read this in this latest News from Wedgetail.vc , superb!!