Strategic approach to protect Mulanje mountain is to keep in check all business Gurus around Chitakale and Mulanje Boma because wood is their core business. charcoal burners are just a drop in the ocean. Secondly eleminate Mulanje Mountain Conservation Trust (MMCT), they are the ones exporting valuable resources from MJ mountain to their homes in the name of protecting the mountain. Believe you me we shall save our mountain.

That’s good idea,,anthu akukonda ndalama mmalo mosamala chilengedwe

May you please go ahead up to Chimaliro, Pelekezi and Nyika just to mention afew. Good move.

Most commendble move. Mulanje mountain being a catchment area for most of the big rivers in southern most tip of Malawi deserves protection. Just to mention a few Ruo, Muloza, Likhubula and Thuchila rivers all get their sustenance from this mighty mountain and at the rate of deforestation we might be heading to a dry up of most of these mighty rivers. Forest department please kindly concentrate on efforts to plant trees along the river banks to further enhance efforts in mitigating siltation and all concerned district councils formulate bye-laws which restrict farming up to a certain agreed limit to… Read more »

Please extend this exercise to Nkhoma mountain; the Charcoal burners are all over the mountain cutting down every tree they see. All what you see is smoke rising from the charcoal furnaces. Nkhoma synod has literally withdrawn their efforts to protect this forest. I wish they too should contact the military for a similar exercise.