Project Report No. PR640-02: Optimal grazing management to enhance soil biodiversity and soil carbon in upland grassland

Staddon, Philip L. ORCID: 0000-0002-7968-3179, Ricketts Hein, J, Drysdale, H, Crotty, FV, Vetter, T, Phillips, J, Nedziwe, R, Buckle, A, Heimbach, K, Hutchful, EE and Short, Christopher J ORCID: 0000-0003-0429-1143 (2022) Project Report No. PR640-02: Optimal grazing management to enhance soil biodiversity and soil carbon in upland grassland. Project Report. CCRI, Cheltenham.

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Text (Project Report) 11869 Staddon, Ricketts, Drysdale, Crotty, Vetter, Phillips, Nedziwe, Buckle, Short (2022) Project report No. PR640-02 - Optimal grazing management to enhance soil biodiversity and soil carbon in upland grassland.pdf - Published Version Available under License All Rights Reserved. Download (1MB) | Preview

Abstract

Here we report on a project instigated by and co-designed with a group of livestock farmers in Wales who wanted to know more about the health and sustainability of their grassland soils. The core aim of the project was to enhance the sustainability and resilience of livestock production relying on grassland whilst maintaining ecosystem services such as carbon sequestration and biodiversity provision. Soil carbon and nitrogen content and soil biodiversity measurements were obtained to determine whether these were being impacted by grazing management. The farmers were interviewed to determine the role of soil health in decision making as well as how best to communicate complex science evidence.

Item Type:	Monograph (Project Report)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Grazing management; Soil biodiversity; Soil carbon; Upland grassland; Grassland soils; Sustainable livestock production
Subjects:	G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GE Environmental Sciences H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) S Agriculture > S Agriculture (General) > S589.75 Agriculture and the environment S Agriculture > SF Animal culture
Divisions:	Schools and Research Institutes > Countryside and Community Research Institute
Research Priority Areas:	Place, Environment and Community
Depositing User:	Bee Ray-Smallcalder
Date Deposited:	18 Nov 2022 14:00
Last Modified:	09 Oct 2023 11:16
URI:	https://eprints.glos.ac.uk/id/eprint/11869

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