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. Managed loreslry or rehabilndlivc loreslry lor
perperual yrelds,
Or, more prooanly, we would plan lor all at lhese ln
apprupmrle mmbmifinns lor sue
TROPICAL cussuwns
lhe managemenr cl deloresred grassland areas ls llre
marn pmhlem ol Hue wudry Empxty ml! oros- rr, rink
grasses ln rho wet, and mllarrunaole or low—nulrllion
leed m dnrughl resull lrorn purnrng and orer-graemg
Onee deloresled. lhe pas-ores are upon |D summer
wrrnls, and lhe nun-rem eyele ol mes/grass] hronrsmg
)5 bmken. are, slren aul ul eennol, only icoeleflta the
proress Allhough lhere are very low lroes whlrh ran
survwz rn rropreal grasslands, ll ls essennal lo ree
eslaollsh lree legumes.
Some yrgurous grassland eoyer erop legumes
lussrrrudrnrrr, Smith») M“ help mint: lhe grasses and
erenlually lny down a rnulrh Under nees, a shark
slornmed Dcsmodllmv wfll deleal lhe grasses, bu! n is
[hm essennal ro be able In supply dry—season walor, as
lhe legume also comperes wirh lhe young lrees lor
morslure, Some lasl—growrng legumrnous lrees
(Album, Amman, Inga, lenraernrl wlll quickly eslaollsh,
and an lse gmwn rrr llre shdter ol bar-nu grass or
elephanr yis1anlerIlm) ll thee grow vlgmuusly,
lhey ihfl prorlde green mukh
Hzivy eallle hrowsrng rs a mayor cause ol pasmw
devenonllon and soil loss 1helr exlensrye grazrng ls
pruhahly lhe mos| romrnon deslruruye use ol rmpml
lands, nre rrrsl slrp ls lherelore lo relleve llre land Hi
the welghl or loo many eanle N'u naudn, nor lhe globe,
(in supporl doslruellre grazing agrreullure on rho
agnhuslness/eowooy/pymmamae model so general rn
tmpln] rounrrier, ln Amenri, and whutvu “(halp
bed ls produced The long {trm rosr maker sudl
syslelns uneeooornle in any lerrns
A posrnre approarh rs la re-esralsllsh erlher a
mulrlepeeles syslern eeology lrrees and a yanely ol
brew/sews), m lo ensrly enule rearing clm Adam,
chiel llessareh omeer al Grand anse, Mal-e, in me
Seyrhelles has grown Pen/Ilsttum alropnrpmum (7
parlsl plus lroraerrr lrllrwrphulnilhe low-mlmosrn
lype arrrlahle ln Auslralra—ll par». and may add rho
aorklng scum ufmmlmy. nus pasnrre',eul and led lu
eows, suppons seven lmlk (uws lo we arre A|l manure
and washlngs lrom slnole/darry are rerurned lo rhe
lrrlgalrd lreld lmponed urlrlreral monures haw been
redured m one—lenlh, and he hopes to lunher redure
lhr. rrnporl by burldmg srnl Meanwhlle, m lhe snrne
dmulz lu Aurlralra. one row per square rnrle rs enough
[0 lay wasre lo Kim land.
A lrlend whn boughl a degraded eallle properly
nonlr ol rhe nalrrlree Rwex lQueeurland, Auslmlral
gnhus a load ol cncnmu lrorrr lhz hearher, and
llrayollng lhe ridges ol old llelds .usl helore lhe we:
season) rhrows dozens ol tvxunuls at lntervals rnlo m2
soeamelrnes and gullles. Abmll a; laloe rool and grow
rnla shells-ed and pimwring palms Nm lar soulh ol
rhere, anoxher lnnovnror mlls down the momon
grasses as lhey begln lo die all in rhe dry season, and
hrrradeasls lalleslalls rye und lreld legumes (Fava,
Dnllzhus. Vrgrro) mlo lhe lhrelr nsulllng muleh Enough
molsnlre persrsls rwer lhe dry wlnler season lo grow
lhese crops, aher harresl, lhe monsoon gram regrow
Im next ymrs rye erup.
nus clever use ol seasons and growlh ls posslole lur
lhe eslahllshorenr of many spedes, same ol whrrh hes
(amt permanenl and gnMeleanng pioneers lor laler
eynlunons Consolrdanorr or lhe area lor regrnemlrre
loreslry however, proeeeds more surely as a scanered
sex 0! proneer rree and herbaceous nutkll; lhar ls, lhe'
findv eslabllshmenl ol CLUMYED proneer lrees in
open grassland This rs a "yummy process whreh
duplkitcs rho seedlng ol grasslands by loll: pigeons
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