[ERA Webinar]: Beyond Forests: Rethinking Restoration of India’s Open Natural Ecosystems скачать в хорошем качестве

[ERA Webinar]: Beyond Forests: Rethinking Restoration of India’s Open Natural Ecosystems

India’s Open Natural Ecosystems (ONEs), including grasslands, scrublands, and savannas, are among the country's most neglected and misclassified ecosystems. In this talk, Dr Abi Vanak explores the ecological importance of these landscapes and the threats they face from misguided policy and land use change. He also underscores the urgent need for a paradigm shift in conservation in order to enable a more inclusive and evidence-based restoration of these ecosystems. 00:00:00 – Adithya sets some context 00:02:23 – Overview by Dr Abi Vanak 00:03:34 – The drivers of tree-grass balance in Open Natural Ecosystems 00:05:49 – The Arid to the Mesic spectrum: The Savannah continuum 00:06:45 – The arid and semi-arid regions of India that support Open Natural Ecosystems 00:07:23 – We don’t call Indian savannahs 'Savannahs' 00:09:04 – A map of Open Natural Ecosystems and grasslands 00:10:38 – [ Images ]: The amazing diversity of and in the Indian savannahs 00:12:59 – Conservation has historically overlooked open ecosystems and the species that depend on them 00:15:29 – Grasslands sequester carbon for far less water 00:17:38 – Can’t plant your way out of the carbon mess! 00:19:29 – A livelihoods and economics lens 00:20:59 – Threats to Indian savannahs 00:24:12 – The “wasteland” tag that leaves savannahs vulnerable 00:25:54 – How policy and governance affect Open Natural Ecosystems. 00:27:55 – Community centric grassland restoration 00:29:55 – What goes into grassland restoration Questions from the Audience 00:35:22 – The role of fire ecology in the health of ONEs 00:37:09 – On best practices for grassland restoration 00:38:51 – Are pastoral practices central to grassland restoration? 00:41:12 – Why grasslands store carbon underground? 00:42:27 – On the idea of Cheetah introduction in Banni 00:45:05 – On grasslands in Tamil Nadu 00:46:17 – Different actors, priorities, funding and project goals 00:48:51 – On germinating and raising grasses 00:50:21 – Whether species distribution maps and fire history data are available 00:51:26 – On restoring grasslands that are overrun with tree species 00:52:46 – Carbon credits from below ground carbon in grasslands 00:53:28 – Land management practices implemented by government agencies 00:54:07 – Shifting cultivation, degraded forests and natural savannahs 00:55:56 – Studying assisted natural regeneration with remote sensing 00:56:46 – How can the general public help regenerating the commons 00:58:00 – A whole range of things need to come together 01:00:29 – How to contact Dr Abi Vanak