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Tree regeneration in grazed wood pastures

Why do we need to support tree regeneration?

Dehesas and Montados are very suitable for pasture production. However, livestock grazing hampers the natural regeneration of the tree layer, especially in areas with challenging soil and climate conditions. Seed predation by domestic and wild animals, abiotic stresses (drought, high summer temperatures and infertile soils), and the lack of suitable microsites for seed germination are major impediments to seedling establishment and survival.

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Featured Farm of the day

"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’.

Agforward General Assembly in 2017

Bisons in a forest reserve, Poland

Collection of reindeer

Montado near Montemor-o-Novo

Silvoarable agroforestry experiment with poplar and barley

Silvopastoral system with Ash at Loughall, Northern Ireland

Agroforestry with willow used as medicinal fodder

Xeromero valonia oak forest/silvopastoral system (West Greece)

Strip-like willow plantations offer a variety of retreats for birds and game

Celtic Pigs in Silvopastoral Systems

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