We should question deep rooted assumptions about how pastoralists, livestock and wildlife can co-exist.

Beyond myths based on stories of lost Paradise or a romantic wilderness, there are diverse ways of seeing the relationships between humans, livestock and wildlife.

REPAiR team member Tim Zocco explains – in the form of a comic – why comics are valuable in research.

Wakhe Mkhize reflects on changes and challenges in markets faced by farmers in KwaZulu-Natal, and what they mean for health, land and livelihoods.

There is a powerful myth at the heart of global carbon markets:  the deceptively simple idea that ‘carbon is carbon’.

The myth that pastoralists simply need ‘more markets’ to thrive rests on a set of deeply rooted assumptions about markets and animal husbandry.

A stark line is sometimes drawn between ‘industrial/commercial’ and ‘informal’ segments of South Africa’s meat industry. But are such distinctions helpful?

Bias against mobile livelihoods has a long history, through colonial regimes into modern development thinking. But mobility can be a vital tool for connection and resilience.

As the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists calls attention to the global diversity, importance, and governance of the world’s rangelands, the myth of the tragedy of the commons is particularly relevant and illustrative of the power and dangers of universalising and reductive myths.