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Protecting trees in chestnut stands grazed with Celtic pigs Pigs - Avoiding damage to young and old trees

Why graze pigs in chestnut stands?

Before ink disease destroyed trees growing below 400 m above sea level, chestnut stands had been the most broadly distributed tree in Galicia (NW Spain). Currently, chestnut stands occupy over 60,000 ha in Galicia, mainly located in the eastern mountainous areas of Ancares-Caurel Natural Park, where close to 100 varieties are still growing and providing chestnut fruits. However, the orography with steep slopes renders the harvest of chestnut fruit unprofitable due to the high labour cost.

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"Rindergilde Geesthacht" and "Family Farm Staggen"

The two featured farms are both based in the federal state of Schleswig-Holstein - Germany’s most sparsely wooded federal state, located between the Baltic and the Northern Sea in Northwestern Germany. In 2017, both farms won an award for their well-maintained ‘Knicks’.

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Wild asparagus in traditional olive orchard at CRA OLI Spoleto, Italy

Xeromero valonia oak forest/silvopastoral system (West Greece)

3rd EURAF conference, Montpellier, France, May 2016

Holm oak, pasture + turkey

Typical landscape of Montado with Holm oak (Quercus rotundifolia)

Montado near Montemor-o-Novo

Goats and Fraxinus, Portugal

Grazed orchard

Traditional meadow in Joensuu, Finland

Bisons in a forest reserve, Poland

Abstract Submission for 3rd EURAF Conference

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