Old grasslands and biodiversity: Practice abstract
Sustainable grassland management for enhanced biodiversity and climate resilience
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Detail description
Wilfred Hessels manages a 60-hectare dairy farm in the Netherlands, focusing on old grasslands over 20 years old to enhance soil organic matter, resilience to extreme weather, and biodiversity. He maintains pasture productivity while supporting native flora through innovative ditch cleaning that recycles plant material back into fields. This method preserves biodiversity, reduces need for drainage or irrigation, and strengthens soil health. The farm exemplifies sustainable grassland management in agroecology.
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Contribution detail info
- Project
Grazing4AgroEcology
European Network to promote grazing and to support grazing-based farms on their economic and ecologic performances as well as on animal welfare
- Location
- Netherlands
- Authors
- AERES
- Purpose
- Adopt innovative practices, Manage risks and enhance resilience, Implement best practices
- File type
- document
- Created on
- Jun 30, 2025
- Origin language
- Dutch
- Official project website
- Grazing4AgroEcology
- License
- CC BY
- Keywords