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Repair - A podcast about rangelands

Rangelands and grasslands support wildlife, informal economies and millions of people around the world, often governed in communal ways. But these landscapes are often misunderstood. We explore the challenges facing them, and how to make them more resilient and thriving places. For more information, see repairproject.org repairproject.substack.com

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32:58

Myth: ‘Fire is the Enemy’

Repair - A podcast about rangelands ·

2026/08/28

This episode of the REPAiR Podcast is the seventh in a series that explores myths about rangelands and the ideas behind them, and what alternative stories and ideas can be found. This time, we’re talking about the myth that ‘Fire is the enemy’.The event is introduced and co-chaired by Amber Huff, principal investigator of the REPAiR Project, and research fellow at the Institute of Development Studies.The other co-chair was Bat Maria Vorontsova, research leader in the department of accelerated

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71:17

Myth: 'Healthy ecosystems are green'

Repair - A podcast about rangelands ·

2026/06/23

This episode of the REPAiR Podcast is the sixth in a series that explores myths about rangelands and the ideas behind them, and what alternative stories and ideas can be found. This time, we’re talking about the myth that ‘Healthy ecosystems are green’.This episode includes part of a recorded online discussion that took place on 17 June 2026. The event is introduced by Linda Pappagallo, coordinator of the Rangeland Myths initiative. Our guest speakers were Igshaan Samuels, Brahim El Guabli and Mmoto

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49:33

Myth: People and livestock are bad for biodiversity

Repair - A podcast about rangelands ·

2026/06/10

This episode of the REPAiR Podcast is the fifth in a series that explores myths about rangelands and the ideas behind them, and what alternative stories and ideas can be found. This time, we’re talking about the myth that ‘people and livestock are bad for biodiversity’. This episode includes part of a recorded online discussion that took place on 28 May 2026. The event is co-chaired and introduced by Linda principal investigator of the REPAiR Project. The event is introduced by Linda Pappagallo,

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42:00

Deserts, 'Saharanism' and the myth of green...

Repair - A podcast about rangelands ·

2026/06/03

This month, the REPAiR Project’s ‘Rangeland Myths’ series explores the myth that ‘Healthy ecosystems are green’. Our programme includes an online discussion on 17 June 2026. In this episode, Linda Pappagallo explores aspects of this myth with Brahim El Guabli — an Amazigh scholar and associate professor of Arabic studies and comparative literature at Williams College. Brahim will be one of the speakers at our event. Brahim’s work moves fluidly across languages, timescales, disciplines, and

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47:19

Myth: 'Carbon is Carbon'

Repair - A podcast about rangelands ·

2026/05/12

This episode of the REPAiR Podcast is the fourth in a series that explores myths about rangelands and the ideas behind them, and what alternative stories and ideas can be found. This time, we’re talking about the myth that ‘carbon is carbon’.This episode includes part of a recorded online discussion that took place on 23 April 2026. The event is co-chaired and introduced by Amber Huff, principal investigator of the REPAiR Project. Our guest speakers are Saverio Krätli, freelance researcher on

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35:02

Myth: 'Pastoralists need more markets to thrive'

Repair - A podcast about rangelands ·

2026/03/31

This episode of the REPAiR Podcast is the third in a series that explores myths about rangelands and the ideas behind them, and what alternative stories and ideas can be found. This time, we’re talking about the myth that pastoralists need ‘more markets’ to thrive.The event is introduced by Linda Pappagallo, coordinator of the REPAiR Project’s Rangeland Myths initiative. Our guest speakers were two historians: Timothy Gibbs (Paris Nanterre University), who shares insights on markets in South Africa,

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32:36

The myth that 'mobility drives conflict and insecurity'

Repair - A podcast about rangelands ·

2026/03/16

This episode of the REPAiR Podcast is the second in a series that explores myths about rangelands and the ideas behind them, and what alternative stories and ideas can be found. This time, we’re talking about the myth that mobility drives conflict and insecurity.The event is introduced by Linda Pappagallo, coordinator of the REPAiR Project’s Rangeland Myths initiative. Our guest speaker is Teklehaymanot Weldemichel (University of Manchester), and we also hear from Mathilde Gingembre (Lazarski

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23:15

The myth of the 'tragedy of the commons'

Repair - A podcast about rangelands ·

2026/01/30

This episode is the first in a series about ‘rangeland myths’. This time, we’re talking about the myth that the so-called ‘tragedy of the commons’ is inevitable. Both our speakers are members of the REPAiR Project team: firstly, Amber Huff, research fellow at the Institute of Development Studies in the UK. And secondly Frank Matose, co-director of the Environmental Humanities South Centre at the University of Cape Town.This event is part of our engagement with the International Year of Rangelands

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43:05

Every grassland is different (with Kevin Kirkman)

Repair - A podcast about rangelands ·

2025/04/11

Kevin Kirkman is Professor of Grassland Science at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, and one of the partners in the REPAiR project. Kevin’s research covers many aspects of grassland ecology and management, including research on grazing, fire and restoration. In this episode, Kevin discusses what makes grasses and grasslands fascinating, what is special about the context of South Africa, and the challenges of bringing together ecological science with other kinds of knowledge.Links:Kevin Kirkman’s

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38:50

'Natural is often quite a dangerous word' (with Ruan...

Repair - A podcast about rangelands ·

2025/02/26

Ruan de Wet is a technical director at Meat Naturally Africa and one of the partners in the REPAiR project. Meat Naturally is a social enterprise that supports livestock farmers in rangeland restoration in Southern Africa. Meat Naturally supports farmers in a number of ways to help look after the landscape, as we discuss in the episode, and also supports them collectively to get access to markets to sell their produce. We discuss the myths and misunderstandings around rangelands, the historical

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