Deforestation’s toll on Malawi’s water supplies
Deforestation in Dzalanyama and Zomba, fueled by illegal logging and charcoal production, threatens vital water supplies to Lilongwe and Zomba cities.
Category: Environment & Conservation
A look at Malawi’s conservation efforts and the battle with environmental degradation and water pollution.
Urban nature: Exploring Lilongwe Wildlife Centre
Exploring the Lilongwe Wildlife Centre, a 70-hectare forested nature reserve in the heart of Malawi’s capital city.
Covid-19 and the water challenge for Malawi
On World Water Day, how can Malawi balance up the need for frequent hand washing in light of Covid-19 and its poor provision of potable water?
Owning the Conservation Narrative
In Malawi, we need to raise our voices more and take more action. We need to own the wildlife conservation narrative.
Tracking Lilongwe’s urban carnivores
A colleague from South Africa working in Malawi once exclaimed “Last weekend we saw a hyena in the middle of city centre. In the middle of the city! Gosh, it was a culture shock!”
Nature for Water
We have every reason to ensure our beautiful Lake Malawi is kept clean and bustling with life. It provides food, livelihoods, drinking water and power for millions. It is also one of our major tourist attractions.
Use chiefs for conservation
Chiefs in Malawi have an extremely important role in the fight against environmental degradation and nature conservation.
Save that drop: Malawi’s water woes
Like most countries in the Southern Africa region, Malawi has faced severe water stress in the past few years owing to low rainfall during the period. This has affected the generation of electricity as well as agricultural productivity.
Cleaning up our litter
I was pleasantly surprised when I read this tweet yesterday by a Kenyan parliamentary aspirant.
Litter, litter, litter…
Litter disposal I am not one to chuck out an empty juice bottle or plastic bags from my car window but I have not always been like that. It was in the 90’s when my brother-in-law reprimanded me for throwing...
