Government decided to redeploy Malawi Defence Force (MDF) soldiers back to Dzalanyama Forest Reserve in Lilongwe following the killing of a forestry guard by charcoal burners. Forestry department spokesperson Sangwani Phiri said government officials, MDF and other stakeholders met on Monday and agreed to speedly send the soldiers to protect the forestry guards as well […]
Department of Forestry says it will renew its agreement with the Malawi Defence Force (MDF) to continue protecting the country’s forests from wanton cutting of trees. Forestry department spokesperson Sangwani Phiri said since the MDF solders moved out of the forests in Nyika, Dzalanyama and Mulanje, among others, the forests are being depleted of trees […]
Limbe Leaf Tobacco Company Limited (Limbe Leaf) Tuesday launched a three year Dzalanyama reforestation project where it will plant trees and through using new technologies, care for the trees to achieve a survival rate of above 90%. Managing Director for Limbe Leaf, Don McAlpine said during the launch that his company has for the past […]
Information Technology company, Techno Brain over the weekend partnered Association of Environmental Journalists (AEJ) and Lilongwe Water Board (LWB) in planting trees in Dzalanyama Forest Reserve which is Lilongwe River’s source as a way of helping restoring the heavily destroyed forest to its former glory. The company has been planting trees in the forest for the past […]
Government says it will continue using Malawi Army soldiers to protect Dzalanyama Forest and other forest reserves, saying charcoal burners are violent. Ministers of Mines and Environment Bright Msaka said this in parliament on Friday when answering a question from Lilongwe Msozi South MP Vitus Dzoole Mwale. “Three weeks ago, one of forest scouts was […]
Debate in Parliament, Wednesday reached a high note when some Members of Parliament accused the Malawi Defence Force (MDF) for killing two villagers at Dzalanyama forest while guarding against people who had intentions of cutting down the trees for charcoal. It is believed that mid last year, upon receiving reports that people were invading the […]
A man has died in Lilongwe, a second death in two weeks after allegedly been severely beaten by Malawi Defence Force soldiers as the battle over Dzalanyama forest wears an ugly face. Peter Dimba, Lilongwe L South MP told Zodiak radio on Saturday that Daniel Kalendo from Chimkudzi village in the area of chief Masambankhunda […]
Malawi army soldiers have been deployed in Dedza to battle charcoal burners, a week- long exercise that has confisticated 200 bags of charcoal as of Thursday. Alick Mitawa, district forestry officer for Dedza confirmed his office was working with over 30 soldiers in a fight against deforestation in Dedza. “We had a successful operation in […]
Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) boss Ralph Kamoto has suspended commissioner for exports Shadrec Namalomba for facilitating to clear nine trucks of round wood from Chikangawa meant for export. The trucks that Namalomba cleared reportedly belong to ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) lawmaker Noel Masangwi. According to an MRA staff circular number 28 dated February 20 […]
The global headlines over the past few weeks have been filled with tales of the disastrous floods that have been sweeping the country. Lives have been lost, homes and crops have been destroyed, and vast swathes of landlie underwater.It would be ignorant to pass off these terrible losses as a result ofthe heavy downfalls from […]
Appalled by the rate people are attacking Forest Reserves in the country, the Malawi will through its Chief Secretary to government George Mkondiwa lead the nation in a tree planting exercise at the Dzalanyama Forest Reserve, in Lilongwe, this Saturday. Official statistics show that trees lost in a year at the Dzalanyama Forest Reserve is […]
Malawi Minister of Natural Resources, Energy and Mining, Atupele Muluzi on Friday launched an appeal against deforestation and forest degradation in Dzalanyama Forest Reserve. He said in Lilongwe that government is making an appeal to stakeholders and interested organisations to support the initiative to stop the alarming deforestation and forest degradation taking place in Dzalanyama […]
People believed to be charcoal vendors in Malawi’s capital Lilongwe on Friday stoned Minister of Environment and Natural Resources Halima Daudi as she travelled to Dzalanyama Forest. Nyasa Times has established that the irate mob, travelling in a lorry registration number MN 3131, threw stones at the minister’s motorcade breaking glasses of a vehicle that belongs to […]
Malawi’s opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) parliamentarian for Lilongwe Msonzi south Vitus Dzoole Mwale has alleged that the People’s Party (PP) government is planning to sell Dzalanyama Forest Reserve, a major catchment area for the country’s Capital City for its water supply. “I have heard rumours that the People’s Party (PP) is planning to sell […]