African legislators sign declaration to save forests
Members of parliament and senators from Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe have declared their commitment to spearhead efforts […]
The Environment
MUSICIANS IN MALAWI MAKING MUSIC FOR ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY AWARENESS
Music can bring people together and music can be used as a communication medium to highlight concerns. This is why […]
Climate risk programme expanded for farmers in Malawi and Zambia
Vulnerable rural households in Malawi and Zambia will soon be able to better protect their crops and livelihoods against climate […]
ESCOM STAFF LOSE TRUST IN THEMSELVES
It is not only the customers who are complaining. The black outs daily, actually the black ins, are bothering ESCOM […]
Climate Change: Believing and Seeing Implies Adapting
To communicate climate change and adaptation to stakeholders such as European forest owners is a challenge. A capacity to adapt […]
Cutting carbon and alleviating poverty
When it comes to climate change, individuals have traditionally been in a frustrating position. Our daily activities cause fossil fuels […]
US$125 million for Shire River Basin Conservation
The World Bank has provided the Malawi government with US$125 million, about K33 billion, to improve land and water management […]
Southern African countries collaborate on plans for climate research centre
Five countries in southern Africa have joined forces to launch a research center that will work on combating climate change […]
South African leopards on Malawi mission
MALAWI: “The leopards won’t like that!” jokes ranger Fyson Suwedi as his pick-up truck rattles along the bumpy road that […]
CLIMATE CHANGE ARRIVES IN MALAWI
Two beautiful faces of climate change have taken Malawi by surprise this year; high temperatures and delayed or should I […]
Temperatures in Malawi are rising steadily, more frequent droughts and floods
Changing weather patterns are undermining the ability of smallholder producers in Malawi’s southern region to grow tea, a crop that […]
Dumping Sites in Malawi Violate Human Rights
BY TIMOTHY BANDA, ARTHUR COLA MVUTA, GLITTER NDOVI | THE WEEKEND EXPRESS This research focused on how some environmental activities […]
Adaptation to climate change and desertification: Perspectives from national policy and autonomous practice in Malawi
Abstract This article explores the ways in which the interlinked challenges of climate change and desertification are managed in Malawi1. […]
Natural disasters affecting Malawi’s national development plans
Lilongwe – Malawi has since the 1990s been prone to different types, frequencies and magnitudes of disasters, trends government officials […]
Media in the lower Shire to focus in disaster risk reduction and climate change (DRR/CC)
By Joshua David Morishu (FaceofMalawi reporter) The media practitioners based in the two districts of Nsanje and chikhwawa in the […]
Bio Energy Resources of Malawi planning $18M jatropha biodiesel plant
In Malawi, Bio Energy Resources of Malawi is planning an $18 million facility to convert jatropha seeds to biodiesel. Lourie […]
THE ENVIRONMENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEXUS
The relationship between economic development and the environment only gained importance after the publication of the Club of Rome Report […]
THE ROLE OF NOT FOR PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS IN A CIVILIZED SOCIETY – MALAWI
Non Governmental Organizations such as charities, churches and professional associations exist in every country regardless of levels of economic growth. […]