ENVR 1302 - Macy

Section A : Species 1 Common name: Grey Parrot Scientific name: Psittacus erithacus IUCN Category: Endangered Geographic range: The Grey Parrot is native to parts of East and West Africa stretching from Côte d'Ivoire, all the way into parts of Uganda and Kenya, and down into The Democratic Republic of the Congo. The bird is also completely extinct in Benin and Togo (IUCN).  Habitat: The three main habitats of Grey Parrots are forests, savannahs, and artificial or terrestrial areas such as rural gardens. Though they generally reside in dense forests, they can also be seen at forest edges, clearings, gallery forest, mangroves, wooded savannah, and cultivated areas (IUCN). Assessment information: Grey Parrots were classified as vulnerable in 2012 and 2013 and endangered in 2016, 2017, and 2018, with their current population still decreasing. This is the result of a combination of habitat loss and excessive harvesting for international trade (IUCN).  Threats: The main threats Grey Parr

1.0 Points of View The authors of The Savory Method Can Not Green Deserts or Reverse Climate Change (Briske, Bestelmeyer, Brown, Fuhlendorf, and Polley), and Savory’s Unsubstantiated Claims Should Not Be Confused With Multipaddock Grazing (Briske, Bestelmeyer, and Brown), clearly take a critical stance against Savory's claims. They express concern about the effects of his relentless promotion of his methods and challenge the credibility of his claims. They hold the opinion that adaptive management can have beneficial effects, but that Savory's "holistic" technique lacks substance, evidence, and even truth. These authors take a very calculated, scientific approach to this and reference only "documented evidence" as opposed to Savory, who the deplore for lacking and even opposing fundamental evidence (Briske et al., 2014). Additionally, it is clear from Ketcham's writing that he does not agree Savory's methods either. Based on the fact that he had pre