strategy
Conserving grasslands
Synonyms:
Conserving savannahProtecting grassy landscapes
Context:
Grasslands are an overlooked and poorly protected habitat even though semi-natural and managed grassland covers a significant proportion of the world's land area. A major concern is the decline in species richness as agriculture intensifies and native grasslands are fragmented.
Savannahs, the richest grasslands in the world, are the most extensive ecosystem in Africa. They support many indigenous plants and animals as well as the world's largest concentration of large mammals such as elephants, buffalo, rhinoceros, giraffes, lions, leopards, cheetah, zebras, hippopotami, kudus, waterbucks and oryx.
Broader:
Conserving habitats Narrower:
Conserving bamboosDeveloping unused grassland pasturesConserving Everglades flooded grassland ecoregionConserving Patagonian steppe and grassland ecoregionConserving Terai-Duar savanna and grassland ecoregionConserving Sudd flooded grassland and savanna ecoregionConserving Kamchatka boreal taiga and grassland ecoregionConserving South African montane grassland and shrubland ecoregion Constrained by:
Using grassland and rangeland Facilitates:
Combating desertification Facilitated by:
Planting grasses Problems:
Threatened sparse short-grass steppe habitatsThreatened species of Chaetornis striatus
Threatened species of Culicivora caudacuta
Threatened species of Emberizoides ypiranganus
Threatened species of Hapalemur aureus
Threatened species of Metisella syrinx
Threatened species of Muridae
Threatened species of Natrix natrix cetti
Threatened tall dense grass steppe habitats
Threatened temperate sea-grass beds
Subjects:
Conservation → Conservation Geography → Land type/use
Type Classification:
D: Detailed strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
