Tag: environment

The BP Oil Catastrophe – The REAL STORY The Media Won’t Tell You

Published on July 8, 2014 by Face of Malawi

Deepwater Horizon Drilling Rig It was almost 9.45pm on the 20th April 2010, in The Macondo Prospect, the Gulf of Mexico. […]

Permaculture a solution to improving environmental health & alleviating food insecurity in Malawi

Published on May 18, 2013 by FACE OF MALAWI

After graduating from the Monterey Institute of International Studies in December 2011,  Catherine moved to Malawi to work at the Kusamala Institute of […]

Some people in Malawi take the iniative to improve the environment

Published on April 5, 2013 by FACE OF MALAWI

While deforestation no doubt takes an extreme toll on our environment, in poverty-stricken areas where water and crops are scarce, […]

Paladin has MK3.9bn environmental bond for Malawi uranium mine

Published on April 5, 2013 by FACE OF MALAWI

Australian Miner Paladin Energy Limited, operators of the Kayerekera Uranium Mine in Karonga district have a US$10 million Environmental Performance […]

Malawi-Angola: Food crises and response

Published on December 18, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Prolonged dry spells have driven almost four million people to food insecurity in Malawi and oil-rich Angola, in Southern Africa. […]

Climate Change: Believing and Seeing Implies Adapting

Published on December 9, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

To communicate climate change and adaptation to stakeholders such as European forest owners is a challenge. A capacity to adapt […]

Malawi ready to resume talks with Tanzania over Lake Malawi

Published on October 11, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Malawi has expressed willingness to resume talks with Tanzania to resolve a protracted territorial dispute concerning the border in Lake […]

Malawi, Tanzania border dispute escalates

Published on September 13, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Despite Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete’s insistence on a peaceful resolution to the Lake Nyasa dispute, tension continues to rise as […]

Are we facing another global food price crisis?

Published on July 27, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

The worst drought to hit the USA in over half a century has sent international food prices climbing again. Prices […]

Sub-Saharan Africa fails to Meets Access to Clean Water Goal Ahead of Time

Published on March 9, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Though the world has reached the Millennium Development Goal of cutting by half the number of people without access to […]

CLIMATE CHANGE ARRIVES IN MALAWI

Published on December 19, 2011 by FACE OF 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

Published on November 3, 2011 by FACE OF MALAWI

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

Published on November 1, 2011 by FACE OF MALAWI

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

Published on October 19, 2011 by FACE OF 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

Published on October 14, 2011 by FACE OF MALAWI

Lilongwe – Malawi has since the 1990s been prone to different types, frequencies and magnitudes of disasters, trends government officials […]

Malawi Water Drives Integrated Agriculture on Small Farm

Published on August 3, 2011 by FACE OF MALAWI

Blantyre — When the original owners of a 3.5 hectare piece of land put it up for sale because it […]

Trees Improve Lives in Malawi

Published on July 18, 2011 by FACE OF MALAWI

In this two minute film we discover how the introduction of specially bred trees has improved the soil, and raised […]

Malawi asks Britain to send another diplomat | Nyasa Times

Published on July 8, 2011 by FACE OF MALAWI

Malawi’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Etta Banda, has confirmed what President Bingu wa Mutharika said that the country had “initiated dialogue” […]