dehesa
Iberian grazing woodland
A dehesa is a traditional Mediterranean land-use system, particularly in Spain and Portugal, where oak woodlands are managed for multiple purposes—grazing livestock (especially pigs that feed on acorns), cork harvesting, and hunting.
The landscape combines open pasture with scattered trees: The Iberian black pigs roamed freely across the dehesa.
Land for grazing animals
- oak woodlandForest dominated by acorns' source
- MediterraneanSea between Europe, Africa, Asia
- savannaTropical grassland, sparse trees
- grasslandTreeless herb-covered ecosystem
cork oak · grazing land · Iberian · scattered trees · rangeland · pastoral · meadow · agroforestry
Domesticated swine for meat
- sheepWoolly farm animal
- cattleDomesticated bovines kept commercially
- goatHorned, bearded livestock
- free-rangeNot confined to enclosure
herding · grazing · swine · livestock · shepherd · flock · herd · animal husbandry
Range of life forms
- ecosystemInterconnected organisms and surroundings
- habitatOrganism's natural environment
- conservationPreventing waste or loss
- endangeredAt risk of extinction
wildlife · sustainability · traditional · heritage · cultural landscape · vulture · lynx · endemic
Burned wood residue
- firewoodCut logs for burning
- honeyBees' viscous nectar product
- beekeepingMaintaining hives for honey
- forestryManaging wooded land
land management · rotation · sustainable · multifunctional · pruning · traditional farming · smallholding · commons
pastureland
Land for grazing animals
- oak woodlandForest dominated by acorns' source
- MediterraneanSea between Europe, Africa, Asia
- savannaTropical grassland, sparse trees
grassland · cork oak · grazing land · Iberian · scattered trees · rangeland · pastoral · meadow · agroforestry · canopy
pig
Domesticated swine for meat
free-range · herding · grazing · swine · livestock · shepherd · flock · herd · animal husbandry · droving
biodiversity
Range of life forms
- ecosystemInterconnected organisms and surroundings
- habitatOrganism's natural environment
- conservationPreventing waste or loss
endangered · wildlife · sustainability · traditional · heritage · cultural landscape · vulture · lynx · endemic · native species
charcoal
Burned wood residue
- firewoodCut logs for burning
- honeyBees' viscous nectar product
- beekeepingMaintaining hives for honey
forestry · land management · rotation · sustainable · multifunctional · pruning · traditional farming · smallholding · commons · seasonal
- bullfightingmatador, picador, toro, torero, muleta
- Cork Forestscork oak, Quercus suber, Portugal, Spain, sustainable forestry
- IberiaAndalusia, Aragon, Asturias, Basque Country, Castile
- Iberian landscapesPyrenees, Sierra Nevada, Costa, sierra, Mediterranean coast
- Iberian Naturecork oak, imperial eagle, dragon tree
- agroforestryfood forest, intercropping, shade-grown coffee, windbreaks, shelterbelts
dehesafactory farm
Industrial-scale livestock facility
intensive agriculture · feedlot · monoculture · plantation · agribusiness
dehesawilderness
Uncultivated, uninhabited natural region
primeval forest · cropland · orchard · vineyard · parking lot
dehesadense forest
Closely packed woodland
rainforest · jungle · old-growth forest · thicket · steppe
defense, defence, defend, defender, defensive, defensible, indefensible, defendant, defensively