An Acorn for Every Pig; Spanish Dehesa Pastoralism

In this episode, we explore the dynamics of the Spanish Dehesa, its evolution, the role politics has played in its development, and some of the cooperative models that have developed around its production in small communities!   Sources: Mediterranean Oak Woodland Working Landscapes: Dehesas of Spain and Ranchlands of California, Lynn Huntsinger, et al   The Spanish dehesa. A traditional Mediterranean silvopastoral system linking production and nature conservation L. Olea  and A. San Miguel-Ayanz   Bioecological function as an added value of agrosilvopastoral ecosystems. Case study in a Spanish dehesa, Marco Criado et al, Tobias Plieninger, Lukas Flinzberger, et al   Dehesas as high nature value farming systems: a social-ecological synthesis of drivers, pressures, state, impacts, and responses, Maria Hetman et al   Iberian pigs and dehesa: an agroforestry system, Vicente Rodríguez-Estévez   The Mesolithic in the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula (Galicia, Spain): The state of art, Eduardo Ramil Rego, et al   Acorn production in Spanish holm oak woodlands, Guillermo Gea-Izquierdo   Ecosystem services supplied by Mediterranean Basin ecosystems, Berta Martín-López et al Oggioni, S. D., Ochoa-Hueso, R., & Peco, B. (2020). Livestock grazing abandonment reduces soil microbial activity and carbon storage in a Mediterranean Dehesa. Applied Soil Ecology, 153, 103588.     Support this podcast by becoming a Patron at: https://www.patreon.com/PoorProlesAlmanac