Understanding the Brittleness Scale ⋆ Savory Institute

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Understanding the Brittleness Scale

Key Takeaways

Brittleness is one of the 4 key insights of Holistic Management.
It is an arbitrary 1-to-10 scale along which all environments fall from perennially humid to seasonally humid/arid. Brittleness is important to management because it governs whether vegetation breaks down through decay or through oxidation when animals aren’t present, or present in insufficient numbers.

Summary

Learn the concept of brittleness and how understanding where your region falls on the brittleness scale can affect the management options for your ranch or farm. This video shows examples on both a brittle-tending ranch and a non-brittle-tending piece of land. You will also learn how the four Ecosystem Processes can be tools to better understand the health of your land. Hosted by Allan Savory, co-founder of the Savory Institute, and Byron Shelton, Senior Program Director at the Savory Institute.