2. Grazing: experimenting with an ecological solution

2.1 Herbivory: a nature-based solution

Herbivorous animals depend on plants to survive, and therefore maintain specific relationships with their environment, based primarily on the search for food resources. Since 2015, herbivory has been one of the nature-based solutions identified and promoted by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Nature-based solutions are "actions aimed at protecting, sustainably managing and restoring natural or modified ecosystems to directly address societal challenges in an efficient and adaptive manner, while ensuring human well-being and producing benefits...