The logic of ‘Payments for Ecosystem Services’ is to give farmers incentives for ‘good’ ecological practices. But where do we draw the line between a ‘good’ and ‘bad’ practice?

To understand the challenges of landscape stewardship in South Africa, we need to appreciate how rangelands have been shaped by history, and how this continues to affect the way rangelands are governed today.

Across Southern Africa, rangelands support a large amount of small-scale, communal livestock farming. The REPAiR project explores the potential and challenges of context-sensitive and community-led approaches for stewardship of these rangelands.

Rangelands are complex and productive landscapes, but have been neglected and misunderstood in agricultural policy.