Environment
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‘Empower chiefs to save forests’
Senior Chief Nthache of Mwanza says natural resources could be better protected if traditional and community leaders were empowered to…
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Lilongwe River a time ticking bomb
Davie Mashalubu runs a ramshackle paying pit latrine on the bank of Lilongwe River near the bridge. “I have a…
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Dapp launches tree planting season in Chileka
The development Aid from People to People (Dapp) has launched a programme aimed at planting two million trees as part…
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Dipecho saving Shire valley
One of the major reasons the Shire Valley always experience drought is continued flooding, says national coordinator for Department of…
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Unleashing economic power of forest
Forest and farm producers have drawn up a ‘road map’ for supporting forest producer organisations as the socially just and…
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Malawi shines in aquaculture
At an international meeting held in Kisumu, a coastal town in Kenya, recently, experts said fish levels in Africa are…
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LDCs want reduced greenhouse gases
Malawi joined other Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and the African Group at the UN Conference on Climate Change in Warsaw,…
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ECA says agriculture can unlock Africa’s transformation even in a changing climate
A senior official of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa on Thursday shed new light on the agriculture and climate change…
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Least developed countries lead on low-carbon resilience
As the world waited for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change to release its latest report last month, climate economist…
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Community for reduced disaster risks
Rute Godfrey knows farmers are praying for good rains so that they may realise an abundant harvest in the 2013/14…
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Malawi to showcase climate change success stories at CoP19
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) negotiations of the year get underway in Warsaw, Poland next week…
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Communities sign agreements to protect forests
Communities in Chikhwawa have signed an agreement with government and the European Union (EU) committing themselves to protecting natural forests…
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Chief worried over forest reserve deforestation
Traditional Authority Malenga of Ntchisi has expressed concern over the wanton cutting down of trees in Kaphiriundika Forest Reserve which…
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Salima farmers building resilience
Malawi Lake Basin Programme (MLBP) natural resources management field officer, Charles Kaone, says communities have contributed to the effects of…
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Bushfires threaten Malawi’s environment
Bushfires are destroying thousands of hectares of vegetation in the country every year, experts have said. According to Director of…
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‘Accurate weather forecast can help climate change adaptation’
With the adverse effects of climate change on the rise, experts have noted the failure of communities to adapt, a…
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Unep lauds NGO for harnessing food security, climate change
A local non-governmental organisation (NGO), Lake Chilwa Basin Climate Change Adaptation Programme (LCBCCAP), has been named by the United Nations…
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Naturally regenerating trees key to reforestation
Malawi needs to plant about 125 million trees each year at a survival rate of 100 percent if trees that…
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Rapid urbanisation risking people’s lives
President of Malawi Institute of Physical Planners (Mipp) Mtafu Zeleza Manda says lack of disaster risk reduction in city and…
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Deforestation causing more harm—experts
Carbon, which comes from charcoal burning, is said to be contributing to global warming more than any other factors, experts…
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