Nearly 40 percent of the earth's land surface is composed of grassland ecosystems. Grasslands throughout the world are essential to the survival of plant, animal, and bird species. Grasslands also play a vital role in sustaining human life. read more
Nearly 40 percent of the earth's land surface is composed of grassland ecosystems. Grasslands throughout the world are essential to the survival of plant, animal, and bird species. Grasslands also play a vital role in sustaining human life. read more
A grassland ecosystem is the collection of plants, animals and micro-organisms that live within an environment where grasses are the primary form of vegetation. Examples of grassland ecosystems include the prairies of western North America, the Pampas of Argentina and the Russian steppes. read more
Grasslands, mixture of grass, clover and other leguminous species, dicotyledonous, herbs and shrubs, contribute to a high degree to the struggle against erosion and to the regularizing of water regimes, to the purification of fertilizers and pesticides and to biodiversity and they have aesthetic role and recreational function as far as they provide public access that other agricultural uses do not allow. read more