Types of silvopastoral system: adding trees to pasture/rangelands

BELTRAN M. J.; CAMBARERI G. S.; PERI PABLO LUIS; L. COLCOMBET; MARTINEZ PASTUR GUILLERMO; LENCINAS MARÍA VANESSA; BENITEZ JULIETA; RODRIGUEZ.SOUILLA JULIAN; CELLINI JUAN MANUEL; COSENTINO V. R. N.

Advances in temperate agroforestry

Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing

Año: 2025; p. 189 - 214

Silvopastoral Systems (SPS) have been identified as an efficient land management strategy to increase the performance of animal and tree production, livestock welfare, and improve carbon (C)sequestration in soil and in trees to offset livestock emissions. These systems are a type of livestock agroforestry, which associates trees and/or shrubs with pastures. The system comprises a woody component, which involves any type of tree, interacting with conventional components (herbaceous forage or pastures) under an integrated management system.Trees provide timber, fruit, firewood, seeds, and shade generators. SPS are alternative management systems which both mitigate and adapt to climate change. SPS are a sustainable way ofland management that has been both politically and economically promotedworldwide (CAP 2014–2020) as a tool to increase carbon sequestration in soilsamong other benefits that agroforestry provides.