From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Allan Savory
Allan Savory
Allan Savory op Abel Muzorewa. Finally faced with detention by the
Smith government Savory escaped and went into self im-
posed exile to continue his scientific work as there was
no more he felt a white Rhodesian could do to speed an
end to the civil war.[3]
Holistic Management Concept
Savory had begun working on the ancient problem of
land degradation (desertification) in 1955 in Northern
Rhodesia where he served in the Colonial Service as
Born September 15, 1935 Provincial Game Officer, Northern and Luapula
Bulawayo, Rhodesia (today Zimbabwe) Provinces. He subsequently continued this work in
Southern Rhodesia first as a research officer in the Game
Fields Ecology
Department, then subsequently as an independent scien-
Institutions Savory InstituteHolistic Management tist and international consultant. When in exile Savory
International, Africa Center for Holistic worked from the Cayman Islands into the Americas in-
Management
troducing his new discoveries about both the cause of de-
Alma University of Natal sertification and how to reverse it using increased num-
mater bers of livestock. This work he subsequently wrote up
Known for "Holistic management concept Ecology in the book "Holistic Management: A New Decision Mak-
ing Framework" written with his wife Jody Butterfield
Notable Banksia International Award 2003 and published by Island Press (1989; 1999 2nd edition). In
awards
1984 he co-founded the Center for Holistic Management,
which became known as Holistic Management Interna-
(Clifford) Allan Redin Savory (born September 15, 1935)
tional and in 1992 the Africa Center for Holistic Manage-
is a Zimbabwean biologist, farmer, soldier, exile, environ-
ment with his wife, Jody Butterfield, and in 2009 the Sa-
mentalist and winner of the Banksia International Award
vory Institute, which he currently heads. In 2010 Savory
2003.[1] and winner of the Buckminster Fuller Award
and the Africa Center for Holistic Management won The
2010.[2] He is the originator of the Holistic Management
Buckminster Fuller Challenge.[4]
concept.
Today, thousands of families, corporations and busi-
nesses are using the holistic management framework de-
Political Involvement veloped by Savory to radically improve the quality of
their lives and regenerate the resource base that sustains
Savory was elected into the Rhodesian Parliament repre-
them. This includes conservation projects in the U.S.,
senting Matobo constituency in the 1970 election. After
Africa, Canada and Australia, where large tracts of land
resigning from the Rhodesian Front in protest over its
are being transformed as desertification is reversed
racist policies and handling of the war, Savory reformed
through Holistic Management using livestock and holis-
the defunct Rhodesia Party formerly led by Sir Roy We-
tic planned grazing as the main agent of change.[3]
lensky. Subsequently all moderate white parties united
in opposition to Ian Smith in what was known as the
National Unifying Force (NUF) led by Savory. When Sa- See also
vory made a public statement that if he had been born
• Savory brittleness scale
a black Rhodesian he would have been a guerilla fighter
• Rhodesian general election, 1974
and urged white Rhodesians to understand why he would
feel this, Ian Smith denounced him as a traitor. Because
the NUF party would not stand by Savory he relinquished References
leadership to Tim Gibbs, son of Rhodesia’s last Governor. Savory, Allan; Jody Butterfield (1998-12-01) [1988]. Holis-
Savory continued to fight Ian Smith and his policies, in tic Management: A New Framework for Decision Making (2nd
particular opposing the Internal Settlement under Bish-
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Allan Savory
ed. ed.). Washington, D.C.: Island Press. • Africa Centre for Holistic Management
ISBN 1-55963-487-1. Persondata
[1] Banksia Environmental Foundation. "2003" AWARD
Name Savory, Allan
[2] Buckminster Fuller Institute. [1]
[3] "Bring Back the Buffalo!". The Washington Post. May Alternative names
12, 1997. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp- Short description
srv/style/longterm/books/chap1/bringbac.htm. Date of birth September 15, 1935
[4] John Thackara, "Seed Magazine", June 2010, "[2]",
Place of birth Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
8-6-10
Date of death
External links Place of death
• Savory Institute
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