Holistic Management Handbook
Healthy Land, Healthy Profits
272 pages
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+1-10 pg insert
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8.5 x 11
Holistic management, as described by Allan Savory in the books Holistic Resource Management (Island Press, 1988) and the revised edition, Holistic Management (Island Press, 2001), has been practiced by thousands of people around the world to profitably restore and promote the health of their land through practices that mimic nature, and by many others who have sought a more rewarding personal or family life. Holistic Management Handbook offers a detailed explanation of the planning procedures presented in those books and gives step-by-step guidance for implementing holistic management on a ranch or farm.
Holistic Management and Holistic Management Handbook are essential reading for anyone involved with land management and stewardship, and together represent an indispensable guide for individuals interested in making better decisions within their organizations or in any aspect of their personal or professional lives.
"The new Holistic Management Handbook shows how healthy land leads to healthy profits. It has in-depth how-to figures, complete with charts, graphs and pictures. I found the chapter on creating your financial plan especially informative...You will profit, your land will profit, and the world in general will profit."
Ron Macher, Small Farm TodayList of Figures
List of Boxesa
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Part I: Holistic Management Financial Planning: Making a Healthy Profit
Mastering the Basics
Creating Your Plan
Summary
Part II: Holistic Management Grazing Planning: Getting Animals to the Right Place at the Right Time for the Right Reasons
Mastering the Basics
Creating Your Plan
Summary
Part III: Holistic Management Biological Monitoring: Monitoring to Make What You Want Happen
Mastering the Basics
Creating Your Plan
Summary
Part IV: Holistic Management Land Planning: Designing the Ideal Layout of Your Infrastructure
Mastering the Basics
Creating Your Plan
Epilogue
Appendix 1.A. The Testing Guidelines in Summary
Appendix 1.B. Financial Planning Forms
Appendix 2.A. Grazing Planning Forms
Appendix 2.B. Grazing Two or More Herds in the Same Cell
Appendix 2.C. A More Refined Method for Calculating Grazing Period
Adjustments Based on Herd Size Changes
Appendix 3.A. Interpreting Your Monitoring: Five Scenarios
Appendix 3.B. Biological Monitoring Forms
Appendix 4. Holistic Mangement International
Glossary
Index
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