Abstract
Grasslands are coming under ever-increasing pressure worldwide. Many grasslands are degraded due to overgrazing and inappropriate land management. This is impacting belowground biology and soil bio...
Highlights
Food security and climate change mitigation are argu ably the two most significant challenges facing human ity
One aspect that deserves far greater attention is the intensity of grazing and how this impacts grassland soil ecosystems
The demand for meat production from an increasingly affluent and growing human population (Ritchie, 2017) is adding pressure to many grasslands, many of which are classified as degraded as a result of overuse and especially overgrazing. This degradation of grasslands will impact the sustainability of their use for meat production whilst leading to positive feedback on climate change as carbon is both lost from grassland soils and less is being sequestered as a result of sparser vegetation
Summary
Grazing intensity is key to global grassland carbon sequestration potential Philip L Staddon & Maede Faghihinia. Grazing intensity is key to global grassland carbon sequestration potential Philip L Staddona,b and Maede Faghihiniac aCountryside and Community Research Institute, University of Gloucestershire, Cheltenham GL50 4AZ, UK; bSchool of Agriculture, Food and Environment, Royal Agricultural University, Cirencester GL7 6JS, UK; cLaboratory of Fungal Biology, Institute of Microbiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Vídeňská 1083, Krč, 14220 Prague 4, Czech Republic
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