Spain Farmers Use Agroforestry to Fight Forest Fires

Spain Farmers Use Agroforestry to Fight Forest Fires

Watch how herders in Galicia, Spain, are using goats and sheep to fight forest fires.

» Sign up for our newsletter KnowThis to get the biggest stories of the day delivered straight to your inbox: https://go.nowth.is/knowthis_youtube » Subscribe to NowThis Earth: https://go.nowth.is/Earth_Subscribe During the summer, Galicia, Spain, is dry and prone to wildfires.

According to conservation news organization Mongabay, when Galicia farmers implemented agroforestry practices on their lands, none of them were burned.

Agroforestry is a land-use management system that involves allowing livestock to graze on land amid crops and trees.

This practice provides food and cover for livestock, while the grazing improves soil quality for crops through the deposit of urine and feces from animals.

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