FOREST LANDSCAPE RESTORATION SYSTEM

Animal Bunching as a tool for land management

Category: Soil and Land Restoration || Sub-Category: Erosion Control || Date Added: 14-Jan-2025

Description

Is a method that involves regrouping of animals at a specified degraded or bare lands that has been selected by a group of community members or rangelands personnel, to help reduce soil erosion, improve soil fertility through manures and breakages of hard pans and acting as an agent of seed dispersal.

  • Technologies, Publisher, Impact, Lessons learnt, Recommendations, Steps etc

    Challenges Faced:

    Prolonged droughts
    Predations
    inadequate support from community members

    Root Cause:

    Degraded and bare landscapes
    Splash erosions
    Hard earth surfaces
    Poor or infertile soils

    Lessons Learnt:

    Use of predator proof fences
    The method works best during rainy season or on the onset of rains.
    Ensure proper community sensitization and awareness
    Resource mobilization, to ensure availability of items such as acaricides and foods
    Proper side identification

    Recommendations:

    a herd of around 250-300 animals per site is adequate
    One and half week should be allocated per site.
    Create awareness and thorough community sensitization
    A fairly flat land is suitable for the practice.

  • Authors
    • Name: Serenua Lembele
      Email: steveparto4@gmail.com
      Occupation: Rangelands peson
      Organization: ILMAMUSI Mukogodo Forest Association