Government is applauding the prosecuting agencies in the country for the rapid increase in the prosecution of crimes against individuals involved in various forestry crimes. According to the Director of Forestry in the Ministry of Forestry and Natural Resources, Dr. Clement Chimima the development follows a prevailing cordial working relationship the department has developed with […]
Minister of Forestry and Natural Resources, Nancy Tembo has expressed shock over the level of pollution resulting from uncoordinated waste disposal and deforestation at Dedza Mountain. Speaking during Dedza Mountain Clean-Up event on Friday, she said, cleaning up the mountain was a responsibility of everyone in order to bring back the lost glory of the […]
Minister of Forest and Natural Resources, Nancy Tembo has bemoaned the worrying rate at which Malawi is losing its forests due to cutting down of trees and urged people to find alternative way of generating income other than burning charcoal. Tembo said this in Lilongwe in the area of Traditional Authority (TA) Masumbankhunda when she […]
The Parliamentary Committee on Natural Resources and Mining over the weekend expressed shock over the missing Forest Act at the National Assembly after it was enacted last year. Parliament last year passed the 2019 Forest Act which, among others, proposes for stiffer punishment to people found exploiting the precious natural resource of the country. And […]
Parliamentary Committee on Natural Resources and Climate Change in partnership with Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) and Lilongwe Wildlife Trust on Monday launched the planting of 5000 tree seedlings at Kaonda Primary School in Ntcheu District, effectively boosting the implementation of an ambitious forestry recovery initiative by Inkosi ya Makosi Gomani V of the […]
President Peter Mutharika on Wednesday launched the 2019/20 National Forestry Season at an event that took place in mountainous Mulanje district with a call for Malawians to support the government in in environmental conservation by planting trees and managing forests as one way to fight impacts of Climate Change. Mutharika said global warming and climate […]
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 […]
Communities in group village headmen (GVHs) Makankhula and Chimamba in Traditional Authority (T/A) Kaphuka in Dedza have restored forest on nearly 50 hacters of land through natural regeneration of indigenous trees, setting a seemingly proactive pace towards recovering Malawi’s dwindled forest reserves. According to officials from Environmental Affairs Department (EAD), natural regeneration of indigenous trees […]