Even if all you do for the next 24 hours...

[Seth Itzkan]

Even if all you do for the next 24 hours is read, read, and re-read the Abstract to the new paper by Gosnell, Charnley and Stanley, if will be time well spent.

Of course, if you read the whole paper (or even just the Introduction in addition to the Abstract), you'll be a hero of the 9th degree.

Below is the Abstract as text and as a screenshot with my highlighting. We are interviewing authors 

Hannah Gosnell Schneider

 and 

Paige Lauren Stanley

 this Wednesday, 9/16, at 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET.

Be there. Aloha!

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Paper online

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsfs.2020.0027

Climate change mitigation as a co-benefit of regenerative ranching: insights from Australia and the United States

Gosnell, Charnley, Stanley (2020)

‘Managed grazing’ is gaining attention for its potential to contribute to climate change mitigation by reducing bare ground and promoting perennialization, thereby enhancing soil carbon sequestration (SCS). Under- standing why ranchers adopt managed grazing is key to developing the right incentives. In this paper, we explore principles and practices associated with the larger enterprise of ‘regenerative ranching’ (RR), which includes managed grazing but infuses the practice with holistic decision-making. We argue that this broader approach is appealing due to a suite of ecological, economic and social benefits, making climate change mitigation an after- thought, or ‘co-benefit’. RR is challenging, however, because it requires a deep understanding of ecological processes along with a set of skills related to monitoring and moving livestock and feeding the soil microbiome. We review the literature regarding links between RR and SCS, then present results of qualitative research focused on motivators, enablers and constraints associated with RR, drawing on interviews with 52 practitioners in New South Wales, Australia and the western United States. Our analysis is guided by a conceptual model of the social–ecological system associated with RR that identifies determinants of regenerative potential. We discuss implications for rancher engagement and conclude with a consideration of leverage points for global scalability.

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Seth J. Itzkan

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