ABSTRACT
The objective of this chapter is to describe a vision for increasing resilience and ecosystem services in the landscapes of the Campos grasslands region of South America, dominated by beef cattle production systems. Ecological intensification in this native grassland region involves improving the grazing management of the livestock farms through controlling forage allowance and stocking rate, which has the potential to increase forage production, livestock production, ecosystem services provision, and resilience to climatic extremes such as droughts. We summarize the findings from published literature in the Campos grasslands that compared different grazing management, at the paddock level and at the farm level, illustrating the outcomes of the traditional vs. the improved (higher biomass and lower grazing intensity) management. The pathway to increasing climate resilience and sustainability in these grasslands landscapes is inexorably linked to the optimization and success of grazing management.
