WWF-Brazil and Embrapa launch brochure on best practices on
cattle ranching By Aldem Bourscheit Besides fostering organic
cattle ranching, WWF-Brazil also works on the stimulus of best
practices on cattle ranching activities. One of the products
resulted by this work was the edition of a booklet with
recommendations on how to conserve water and soils when raising
beef cattle in the Cerrado, the Brazilian savannah. The booklet
– launched during the International Meat Congress held in Campo
Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, from 8th to 9th June this year – was
edited in partnership with Embrapa-Beef Cattle (a division of
the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation). The
publication is the fruit of a partnership arrangement that began
in 2008 and is directed at developing and disseminating good
agricultural and livestock raising practices in alignment with
legal requirements and that benefit production while at the same
time protecting the environment. Conserving water, soils and
pasture is of fundamental importan