Grazing
In agriculture, grazing is a method of animal husbandry whereby domestic livestock are allowed to consume wild vegetations outdoor in order to convert grass and other forages into meat, milk, wool and other animal products, often on land unsuitable for arable farming. Farmers may employ many different strategies of grazing for optimum production: grazing may be continuous, seasonal, or rotational within a grazing period. Longer rotations are found in ley farming, alternating arable and fodder crops; in rest rotation, deferred rotation, and mob grazing, giving grasses a longer time to recover or leaving land fallow. Patch-burn sets up a rotation …
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Alberta Water Council · 26 September 2024 English
They form the basis for a multitude of operational tools and mechanisms that have been developed under the Alberta Wetland Policy, and represent a significant driver in recent conversations between …
Crops and wetland; Livestock and wetland such as grazing, haying, hunting and gathering, Up Stream Oil and …
Invasive Species Council of BC · 26 September 2024 English
DISTRIBUTION In BC, tansy ragwort is found in the central Fraser Valley, central to southern Vancouver Island, the Gulf Islands, and the east side of the Okanagan Valley between Kelowna …
for up to 15 years. Disturbances like tilling or grazing can trigger dormant seeds to grow. Plants that … livestock productivity by reducing the quality of grazing land. Additionally, the plant’s alkaloids can taint … re-treatment will be needed. ▶ CAUTION: Mowing, grazing, or improper hand removal that leaves part of the …
Invasive Species Council of BC · 26 September 2024 English
Knotweeds are listed among the 100 worst invasive species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and are considered a top-ten invasive species for control in BC. [...] Additionally, …
ca/play-your-part/plantwise/grow-me-instead/ ▶ Grazing by animals may temporarily reduce the plant’s above-ground …
Great Lakes United · 25 September 2024 English
This inconsistency in regulated species lists across the shared waters of the Great Lakes undermines the collective prevention efforts of the region, resulting in a “weakest link” problem, wherein the …
activity that led to elevated salinity and absence of grazing pressure. There is some uncertainty about its ability …
IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 19 September 2024 English
For over a decade, a small group of community members in Zambia have been working to restore the Nsongwe River, once a precious sanctuary for wildlife and the community. Their …
needed: safety from predators, lush vegetation for grazing, and ample space to submerge and keep cool under …
IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 18 September 2024 English
The 2022 report on impacts, adaptation, and vulnerability from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) included more information than ever before on the gender, equity, and justice aspects of …
benefits. For example, the efforts to protect grazing areas and conserve traditional plants willIISD … PROTECTION OF TRADITIONAL PLANTS PROTECTION OF GRAZING AREAS WATER ACCESSIISD.org 18 Mobilizing Knowledge …
IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 18 September 2024 English
The reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) are the go-to resources for understanding the evidence base related to climate change. In its 2022 report on impacts, adaptation, …
PROTECTION OF TRADITIONAL PLANTS PROTECTION OF GRAZING AREAS WATER ACCESSIISD.org 8 A Story of Gender …
Community Foundation Canada · 16 September 2024 English
small- and medium-sized enterprises The new Storyteller-in-Residence program is part of UVic’s commitment to ʔetal nəwəl — which means relationships with 11.4: Strengthen efforts to protect and safeguard the lands, …
forests decimated by ocean heat waves and over-grazing by sea urchins. The goal is to develop an SUSTAINABLE …
MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 September 2024 English
In lush and vivid poems, Cynthia Woodman Kerkham ponders the urgent question, What does water want? Whether as the body of a beloved lake, where people wrestle with the concerns …
control. We perch on a bridge, see dinosaurs grazing. This will be green again, Hazel says, long after …
CPRC: University of Regina Press · 10 September 2024 English
Harold Rhenisch’s poems balance the settler and Indigenous experiences of land and water in the Pacific Northwest A collection of shanties laid out in couplets that move between English and …
scarlet beetles sure aren’t. They join among bees grazing on the pink pillows of the wavy thistles that …