Allan Savory

Allan Redin Savory is a Zimbabwean ecologist, farmer, soldier, exile, environmentalist, international consultant, and president and cofounder of The Savory Institute. He originated holistic management, a systems thinking approach to managing resources. Once a staunch opponent of livestock, Savory would come to favor using properly managed livestock, bunched and moving to mimic nature, as a means to heal the environment, stating only livestock can reverse desertification. There is no other known tool available to humans with which to address desertification that is contributing not only to climate change but also to much of the poverty, emigration, violence, etc. in the seriously affected regions of the world. Only livestock can save us. He believes grasslands hold the potential to sequester enough atmospheric carbon dioxide to reverse climate change. Praised by supporters as genius, prophet and visionary, his controversial ideas have sparked fierce opposition from academics, environme

Savory was elected to the Rhodesian Parliament representing Matobo constituency in the 1970 election. After resigning from the Rhodesian Front in protest over its racist policies and handling of the war, in 1973 Savory reformed the defunct Rhodesia Party formerly led by Sir Roy Welensky. In June 1973, Savory publicly stated, If you want to win this war you need to understand your opponents and to understand why someone like me would say, If I had been born a black Rhodesian, instead of a white Rhodesian, I would be your greatest terrorist. Although he urged white Rhodesians to understand why he would feel this, the reaction to this statement led to Savorys ousting from the Rhodesia Party. In 1977, nonracist moderate white parties united in opposition to Ian Smith in what was known as the National Unifying Force led by Savory. The NUF party won no seats in the 1977 election, and Savory relinquished leadership to Tim Gibbs, son of Rhodesias last governor. Savory continued to fight Ian S

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