Conserving grasslands
- Conserving savannah
- Protecting grassy landscapes
Description
Conserving grasslands involves implementing management practices that maintain and restore native vegetation, prevent overgrazing, control invasive species, and reduce land conversion to agriculture or development. The strategy aims to preserve biodiversity, sustain ecosystem services, and support livelihoods dependent on healthy grassland systems. Key actions include establishing protected areas, promoting sustainable grazing, restoring degraded lands, and engaging local communities in stewardship to address habitat loss, soil erosion, and declining wildlife populations.
Context
Grasslands are an overlooked and poorly protected habitat even though semi-natural and managed grassland covers a significant proportion of the world's land area. A major concern is the decline in species richness as agriculture intensifies and native grasslands are fragmented.
Savannahs, the richest grasslands in the world, are the most extensive ecosystem in Africa. They support many indigenous plants and animals as well as the world's largest concentration of large mammals such as elephants, buffalo, rhinoceros, giraffes, lions, leopards, cheetah, zebras, hippopotami, kudus, waterbucks and oryx.
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Metadata
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Global strategies
Type
(D) Detailed strategies
Subject
- Conservation » Conservation
- Geography » Land type/use
Content quality
Presentable
Language
English
1A4N
J3531
DOCID
12035310
D7NID
196324
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Last update
Feb 28, 2024