Regenerating the Iberian Oak Forests

The Dehesa is perhaps the Mediterranean’s oldest example of agroforestry, a paradigm of the circular economy where domesticated and wild animals graze on pasture under the shade of oak and cork trees. However, this delicate ecosystem has come under threat from years of neglect and mismanagement. Many of the oak trees are dying from disease and the pastureland has lost its fertility and in some cases all of its topsoil. The good news is that a handful of estates such as Vivencia Dehesa in Southwestern Iberia are demonstrating how regenerative management practices can bring a degraded landscape back to life. Agriculture and nature are not mutually exclusive. On the contrary, a holistically managed agroforestry system comprised of trees, pasture and livestock is much greater than the sum of its parts.
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Credits
Carmen Perona Guillamón | Biodiversity Manager at Vivencia Dehesa
Miguel Angel Llorente Medina | Specialist in regenerative agriculture and keyline design
Caspar Daniël Diederik | film, edit and production

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