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Increasingly sophisticated technology and an ever-expand-ing base of knowledge have not been enough to allow humans to halt the worldwide progression of environmental degradation. Extensive fieldwork in both Africa and the United States convinced Allan Savory that neither the forces of nature nor commonly blamed culprits -- overpopulation, poor farming practices, lack of financial support -- were causing the decline of once-healthy ecosystems. He also noted that once land has become degraded, leaving it alone seldom helps revitalize it. Savory eventually came to realize that on the most fundamental level, environmental problems are caused by human management decisions, and only through wholesale changes in the way decisions are made can functioning ecosystems be restored. In response to that startling discovery, Savory began to develop a revolutionary new approach to decision-making and management. Known initially as Holistic Resource Management, and now as simply Holistic Management, it considers humans, their economies, and the environment as inseparable. It includes a common-sense decision-making framework that requires no specialized knowledge or elaborate technology to utilize, and is applicable in any environment or management situation. At the heart of the approach lies a simple testing process that enables people to make decisions that simultaneously consider economic, social, and environmental realities, both short- and long-term.Holistic Management is a newly revised and updated edition of Holistic Resource Management (Island Press, 1988), which was the first book-length treatment of Savory's decision-making framework and how it could be applied. A decade of trial-and-error implementation has strengthened and clarified the book's ideas, and has expanded the scope of the process to include all manner of decisions and management situations, not just those that relate to land and resource management.Holistic Management 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. This book is an essential handbook for anyone involved with land management and stewardship -- ranchers, farmers, resource managers, and others -- and a valuable guide for all those seeking to make better decisions within their organizations or in any aspect of their personal lives.

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Allan Savory is cofounder and president of the Savory Institute. Born in Zimbabwe and educated as an ecologist with degrees in zoology and botany, Savory has had a decades-long career in African and Middle Eastern government and politics, private consultancy, and teaching. His work in resource management started in the mid-1960s in an effort to find workable solutions ordinary people could implement to restore degraded lands. He and his wife, Jody Butterfield continue those efforts today, reaching a global audience through the efforts of the Savory Institute.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ 155963488X
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Island Press; 2nd edition (December 1, 1998)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 616 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9781559634885
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1559634885
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.85 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 1.4 x 9 inches

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Scott I.

I'm a happy camper.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 6, 2014

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Holistic Management has been on my to-read list for a while now, and I'm kicking myself for not having gotten to it sooner. Having had some experience managing land and livestock, I mistakenly underestimated Mr. Savory and assumed this book would be a big, complicated grazing system manual - part primer and part groundbreaking grazing methods. Not so. To the extent that he described basic ecological processes and management tools that your typical MIG practitioner would already know well, he did so under the scope of his holistic decision-making framework, which is the real prize here. As a pleasant plus, his writing style is the soft it's-so-simple-that-I-can't-believe-I-never-thought-of-that voice which tempers the fact that he's repeatedly blowing your mind with paradigm-shattering ideas and explaining the current reality of our world with such succinctness that frustrates me, because I know I'll never be able to relay this information to others with the same clarity and articulation. As you can likely tell, I'm not ashamed to admit that I frequently pitched a tent while working my way through HM - yet another pleasant bonus.

That being so, and judging by Mr. Savory's broad success among his diverse clientele, this book needs to be on the shelf of every head-of-household, business owner/exec, store or service manager, state and social worker, etc. It will be well worth your time to work your way through it, even if you find yourself having to skip over the sections where he delves into grazing and crop management (though it would be well worth your time to read those parts too). What's nice is that the tools, scalable-management guidelines, and testing questions he provides all have stand-alone value, meaning you can immediately benefit from simply selecting and studying suitable sections. Of course, the true benefits will come with the complete adoption of his management system, so I'd at least encourage you to peruse these pages and test his framework on aspects of your life.

Do the world a favor - buy it; read it; live it.

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If you really care about making a change

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 10, 2013

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This book will make you think and if you care about your environment and lives you will make the changes. The changes are not hard but will take effort.

I am not a highly educated person but try to learn all the time. High school education is the extent of my "book schooling" but I have learned from a few people and from my many mistakes. I love the outdoors and animals and have tried to do things right for each. Most people around me (some very educated) do not care about nature just how much they can get out of something to make a profit in the shortest amount of time without thinking about what they are doing to their animals or land. They wonder why their animals are not getting pregnant and why their grass is getting thinner even though they put on the fertilizer they were told to. This book has the answers.

I bought this book to help with my pastures but it has helped with so much more. There are many books out there on the subject but Mr. Savory explains it in great detail with common sense and actually gives you a plan to follow. His mistakes, yes he owns up to them and accepts responsibility for them, takes you through them so you can see how he progressed in his thinking and experience.

His quote about "true profit" will hang in every area I work to remind me of the Whole. Thanks Mr. Savory you have inspired me!!!

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Heath Blackmon

Good but possibly biased

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 9, 2010

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Anyone who is responsible for managing rangeland should read this book. That being said I don't know if I would take every word at face value. The proper management of rangeland and the interpretation of rangeland management experiments is a highly polarized issue. This book certainly has an agenda (heavy concentrated grazing for short time periods.) This can without a doubt work not only to preserve land but even to restore it to a more productive state. Is this always the answer and can this work anywhere that cattle are raised, well that is a much more difficult question. If reading this book you should keep in mind that many people disagree with some of the conclusions that are presented as fact in this book.

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James Hardiman

Has changed my life ...

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 23, 2013

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... And I am neither a farmer nor a rancher (although it might just encourage me to become one).

This is a radical, world changing book. If you let it, it will change the way you think about your life and about the world.

It is certainly changing the way I make decisions.

It's effect on me will take a while to sink in ... I'll probably come back in a year's time to add to this review!

There have been some criticisms of Savory's work. This article refutes those criticisms in a useful way, I think, just in case you were worried.

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Daniel Hemesath

Brilliant and common sense

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 25, 2016

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Great Book on a vitally important subject. The more I read Allan Savory's ideas and thoughts, the more convinced I am that he is a genius in the field of the potential of the use of animals in range management. His is not a quick fix solution, but a common sense total plan that I think will do more to turn around desertification than anything else we can do.

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Trevor Younce

It's the 2nd edition! Not the 3rd!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 27, 2018

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Thought I ordered the 3rd edition, and got the 2nd. Beware the picture!
That said it's a great book. I was going to return it but noticed my local library doesn't have a copy so I'll give it to them instead.

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Beth T.

I need to understand the why of a practice before I am comfortable trying out something new and this book clearly helps ...

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 28, 2014

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The theory understanding that goes along with the practical application handbook. I need to understand the why of a practice before I am comfortable trying out something new and this book clearly helps with that understanding. Awesome amounts of info to help us get started and in anticipation of taking one of the holistic courses in person early next year.

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Peg E

At first I couldn't understand why this book was recommended to me for my new business planning

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 21, 2015

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At first I couldn't understand why this book was recommended to me for my new business planning. Once I got through the evolution of the process and implemented the suggestions I was able to understand how powerful this book's tools are to fulfilling everyone's expectations or understanding how to work pull together when there are apparently different needs.

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M Cox

Much more than just a grazing book...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on March 19, 2014

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"Holistic Management" has become so strongly associated with Savory's work on grazing that it's value in other fields is being missed. I guess that Savory has become a victim of his own success.

I'm very glad I went back to the source and read the book, rather than be satisfied with what I found published online - from the horses mouth is much clearer, more useful and more broadly applicable than the common conception of Savory's work.

Reading this book really made clear the distinction Savory is trying to make when he says that Holistic Management is not a grazing system, but that livestock on land can be managed holistically.

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Gasgirl

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on December 12, 2015

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Brilliant perspective on our interaction with resources.

Sharlene McGregor

Great read!

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on March 21, 2021

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Super excited to receive this book and loved the information presented in it. I received it really fast after ordering it and it was in great condition. Highly recommend this book for anyone interested in learning more about soil health.

Shawn

Tough read but worth it

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on September 11, 2018

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A bit of a hard read but provides great information backed up with great examples that I could relate to

AZ

Fighting against the global change.

Reviewed in France 🇫🇷 on November 13, 2016

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Allan Savory explains how to improve the quality of the soil and fighting against the global change. Method: short controlled grazing with a great number of site-specific animals. Theoretically the process is related to the hypothesis that soil and herbivores co-evolve and that the two factors are interdependent. They have to be managed together. As soil ecologist I strongly support this principle and will try to discuss/diffuse this idea among colleagues, students, Earth lovers....

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