Carbon offset scheme performing badly
“Deep in the Australian outback, there are billions of dollars being made from carbon farming. It's called Human Induced Regeneration (HIR) and while it's Australia's most popular method of carbon farming, it's also controversial."
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-18/experts-criticise-carbon-offset-scheme-730/102736696
Land #degradation #pastoralists #overgrazing #LandClearing #pollution #emissions #carbon #offset

"The Pastoralists and Graziers Association WA want to see the Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act officially withdrawn. The laws require some WA landowners to check for the presence of cultural heritage before conducting any activities that may compromise such sites. Where a risk exists, landowners may need to seek permits or prepare management plans depending on the type of activity and the extent to which the land will be cleared or disturbed."

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-04/wa-government-scrap-aboriginal-cultural-heritage-act-/102692282
#Destruction #JuukanGorge #Landclearing #Pastoralists #Graziers #AboriginalHeritage #law

Invasive species of #Opuntia are a big problem in #Kenya,
especially in the dry north, threatening grazing land and livelihoods of #pastoralists.
Most people who are confronted with them do not know that the whole Opuntia plant is edible/useful.

Meet Pera Foods, who know how to make #wine from the cactus' fruit.
They employ locals to forage fruit from wild Opuntia,
creating jobs and income from the presence of the unwelcome invader.
#botany #plantScience @plants

RT @oak_institute
URGENT UPDATE: @SuluhuSamia gov’t escalates pressure on #Maasai #pastoralists thru widespread cattle seizures. Once captured, the cattle are auctioned off & exported from the area, unless the owners manage to pay exorbitant ransoms. Thread 1/5
https://bit.ly/3HvmiG1
@Mittaloak

#Opuntia , an invasive and unwelcome #plant in many places,
e.g. in (northern) #Kenya, where it threatens the livelihoods of #pastoralists

may also be a source of food for both animals and humans (e.g. known as #nopales) - an article from #southafrica 2019

https://agriorbit.com/growing-spineless-cactus-pear-as-livestock-feed-source/

#cacti #cactus #botany #plantscience
@plants

Livestock are often considered harmful for the #environment and for #climatechange (especially in the west and in factory farms), but in India, #livestock herders and #pastoralists can play important roles in #conservation and restoration of ecosystems, especially open natural ecosystems.
https://scroll.in/article/1039260/indias-pastoralists-with-their-deep-knowledge-of-ecosystems-have-much-to-offer-conservationists

"small #communities of #highland #pastoralists living in present-day #Uzbekistan in #CentralAsia produced and supplied roughly one-third of the #tin found aboard the #ship -- tin that was en route to markets around the #Mediterranean to be made into coveted #bronze #metal."

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/11/221130151458.htm

Replacing #biodiversity with sheep and cattle in Queensland...
https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2022-11-22/environment-laws-need-overhaul-epa-say-farmers-conservationists/101682554 graziers #pastoralists land clearing #meat environmental laws #extinction

#Introductions I'm Jo, mostly retired, closer to 70 than 60, proud grandma (Koko)of 2 great younguns. Admin for a small Cdn charity working with #Pastoralists in #EastAfrica. Hope to see #ClimateJustice and more #Equality in my lifetime. Avid #FictionReader. Agnostic. Something of a hermit living solo in a small village in #WestQuebec. Federal bureaucrat a lifetime ago...still keen to follow all things political. #introduction

@botaflo @plants

More on the #Opuntia (stricta) invasion in #Kenya, rendering grazing lands useless for #pastoralists and their cattle, while the #plant itself, though edible and a source of biofuel, is not utilized.

@plants #plantscience #botany #cacti #invasiveSpecies

This image from https://www.impactkenya.org/post/opuntia-stricta-invasion

RT @FAO@twitter.com

Pastoralists…

🌍 are found in 3/4 of the world's countries,
🐏raise livestock where no crops can grow,
🌱are guardians of the environment,

... & much more!

🎥 Watch how @FAO@twitter.com works with governments to support #pastoralists & nomadic herders 👉🏾 https://bit.ly/3qEdoLP
#COP27

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/FAO/status/1591169643888054272

RT @MongabayIndia
Plantations in Himachal have replaced fodder species with unpalatable ones, spread invasives, disrupted migratory routes & changed Gaddi access to pasture lands. @lifesciexplore
@_vijayramprasad @cedar_himalaya
#pastoralists #commons #ScheduledTribes https://bit.ly/34qOZjj