Regenerating the Iberian Oak Forests

[@Carpe_the_F_Diem]

Goosebumps... Such a beautiful storytelling.

[@STORYTRAVELERS]

Thank you that's great to hear. stay tuned.

[@gregorsnell]

Amazing story and fantastic film work. Really enjoyed this and hope it can be used to inspire more locations like this throughout Spain. I know areas inland from Alicante and Valencia could use it for sure.

[@STORYTRAVELERS]

Thanks for the comment Greg, much appreciated. This approach can literally save these lands from turning into dust

[@trevordeane3940]

Great to see that in some countries people who really care about the survival of this planet are working hard to slow climate change. They are doing the correct thing here by using swales and planting cork oak and holm oak first. In 10 years time they should be able to plant sweet chestnut and pines and in 20 years maybe a mix of sessile oak, birch, beech, hazel and rowen.

[@STORYTRAVELERS]

Thanks for your comment. We need to give attention to projects that give hope

[@Conus426]

So wonderful to see this!

[@theartofginablickenstaff1314]

Wonderful! More of this! I am watching all the way from Colorado. Keep going!

[@SuerteDelMolinoFarm]

Greetings from the LooseNatural farm in Andalusia Spain where we currently follow the same system

[@STORYTRAVELERS]

Great to hear, how are the results going?

[@SuerteDelMolinoFarm]

@@STORYTRAVELERS Hi. We are only just past the one year mark. Not much going as we are putting the basics in place. We have a 5 year plan.

[@davidbryan6484]

Great to see the positive changes. If you want to upgrade the wetland Biodiversity then see if you can get beavers on the land. Research shows they increase the diversity of species and help to store more water for longer!

[@STORYTRAVELERS]

interesting suggestion

[@jollyjokress3852]

Hay la posibilidad de plantar setos de especies nativos en los inclinaciónes?

[@courtneyheron1561]

¡Increíble! Muchísimas gracias

[@cedriccbass-jp8ky]

Great vid. The Dehesa / Montado is quite interesting. Where our farm is in southern Portugal we call this Montado. Ive never seen an example of a healthy looking Montado. One of the 5 rules to healthy soil is biodiversity which it has none of. All there are are old holm or cork oaks no new ones stuck in a state of senescence. It also misses the stratification and succession of a healthy system and of course the Montado / Dehesa is a system that instils a lot of pride if criticised. Holm oaks are a climax species and so is a (healthy) grassland. If feels to me that the Montado is stuck in some kind of limbo where its protected but also slowly dying. There interplanting is definitely the way forward but in many cases I dont think its legal at least here anyway.

[@STORYTRAVELERS]

Yes legislation is often a showstopper: like in many aeres you cannot let organic matter accumulate becase of the risk on wild fires.. so counter productive

[@STORYTRAVELERS]

Where can people follow the story of your farm? keep up the gret work!

[@cedriccbass-jp8ky]

@@STORYTRAVELERS Thanks so much. My Channel got taken down recently. I included a section on geoengineering in a video about "is eucalyptus allopathic" I guess its a big no, no. Im currently dealing with our local authorities regrading this . but anyway. I currently have a syntropic agroforestry plantation at 600 metres altitude with the main crop as banana, then mango, star fruit, avocado, citrus and various other fruit trees ands shrubs interplanted with potatoes, cassava, chickpeas, buckwheat and soon corn.

[@monicagere5775]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@jollyjokress3852]

maybe after the farmeers have destroyed everything there is now a chance for nature protection services to arise!

[@hotbit7327]

Great filming, but it looks and sounds like some "charity" or "non-profit" mass-media production. It's not informative. - How did it look before? - What have you done? - What has changed? - What was the cost? Video/filming production is 100 times better than essence, information. Form over the substance. But, still I also support the cause. Greetings!

[@STORYTRAVELERS]

Hi hotbit, Thanks for your comment and watching. If you were looking for detailed information about budget and so, yes indeed it's informative till a certain level. However, it's informative for most people and 90% of farmers that still think that conventional olive farms are the way to go. So an examplaric project like this can be of inspirartion and that show how via ecological succession this land can be regenerated.

[@STORYTRAVELERS]

How it looked before: an olive farm in advanced state of desertification

[@STORYTRAVELERS]

What have you done?: instal pools that kickstarted ecological succession, abolish conventional practives: no chemicals, add free roaming livetstock, introduce practices like swales, agroforestry.

[@STORYTRAVELERS]

What has changed? tons more of organic matter ans soil health, fabulous increase of biodiversity, more carbon being captured instead of released, change of microclimate..

[@hotbit7327]

@@STORYTRAVELERS Thank you for your replies. I watched it again, I must have been too tired yesterday, as indeed the video provides a lot of information. And once again, filming/production is awesome!

[@jollyjokress3852]

Haubenlerche!