Sitemap - 2023 - PLANET DEFENCE - (PD)

AQUACULTURE - Fisheries Dept organizes stakeholder meeting on national aquaculture development plan

EYES FRONT - AUDA-NEPAD hosts Grand Challenge Africa planning meeting

PD WISHES - Happy festive season to all our readers

Lake Malawi National Park tour guides receive training

FISH DAY - Reviving save Chambo campaign: A resurgence after two decades

ENERGY REFORMS - EU funded Peace project advocates for accountability and transparency

FRUIT FEATURE - Chilengedwe mangoes processing group tackles fruit wastage in Nkhotakota

PHARMACEUTICALS - African pharmaceutical technology foundation gets underway

EL NINO FORECAST - Expert policy brief hint on early response measures

GUIDES TRAINED - Mangochi tour guides hone skills in eco-tourism business

CLEAN-UP - Cape Maclear residents in waste and recycling effort to foster eco-tourism

NEW THUMA - Kaphulika lodge cutting-edge hospitality facility

FISH FARMING - Mzimba invests K40million in fish pond rehabilitation

OPINION - Research, extension and education key to revive agricultural transformation in Africa

AFRICA EXTENSION WEEK - High-level panel discussion agree on action plan

JUMBO DIARY - An emotive elephant experience inside Majete Wildlife Reserve

MOUNTAIN DAY - Malawians celebrate significance of mountains in Ntchewu

POTABLE WATER - Khosolo residents commend project providing safe water

FORESTRY SEASON 23/24 - Nsumbi VNRC commits to enhancing landscape greenery

PICTORIAL FOCUS - #PACA 4th Partnership Platform Meeting in Nairobi, Kenya

EU CARBON TAX - Africa may incur $25 billion annual loss due to new EU carbon tax

CRITICAL APPEAL: Resources urgently needed for clean cooking for 1 billion Africans

GROUNDWATER - SADC-GMI enlists esteemed ambassadors to amplify regional advocacy

#COP28 - Dr. Joyce Banda honoured with top Forestry Initiative Award in Africa

PACA PLATFROM: Strategizing the fight against aflatoxin contamination in Africa

SURVEY RESULTS - Chambo fish shows signs of a remarkable resurgence

PLANET WORRIOR - Africa mourns Burkinabe "who stopped desert" from spreading

PROHIBITED - Any mining activity in a protected area violates NP&W Act says Nangoma

TIMELY STITCH - Minister vows integration of community development and law enforcement to rescue Michiru

#COP28 - Partners pledge $175m to Alliance for Green Infrastructure in Africa

EVALUATION TIME - PACA evaluates decade -long aflatoxin management strategy

10th AGM - CISONECC calls for active engagement in climate from members

SAFE FOOD - Africa's unregulated markets flooded by unsafe food

#COP28 - Voices of accelerated action, higher ambition against climate crisis

GREEN ENTERPRISES - The businesses driving landscape restoration under AFR100

GREEN PORT - East Africa's central green corridor piloted in Uganda

SAFE PLANTS - COMESA's 12th sub-committee meeting focus on vital phytosanitary concerns

WILDLIFE CONTROL - Advanced technology implementation mitigates human-wildlife conflict

CLIMATE EQUALITY - AfDB, OXFAM agree on metric to replace Gross Domestic Product

LAKE CLOSURE - Commencement of fishing closed season at Makanjira in Mangochi

TOUGH TIMES - Traders express worry about hostile economic landscape

WATER IS LIFE - WaterAid enhances WASH activities at health facilities in Ntchisi district

GO GREEN - AU Commissioner Sacko advocates for green economic growth and climate action

#CLPA2023 - Inclusive technologies crucial for robust land and trade policies in Africa

#CLPA2023 - Gender responsive, inclusive land policies vital for Africa's progress

#CLPA2023 - DLO and African Land Policy Centre urge journalists to amplify coverage on land issues

#CLPA2023- Land-based sectors crucial for Africa - ECA Chief

#CLPA2023 - Africa's land conference kicks off in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

SAVE MICHIRU - Taskforce last-minute efforts to save Michiru's

BOAT MARKING - Senior Chief Mphonde leads boat marking sensitization

#PRECOP28 - UNIMA hosts culminating national climate justice festivals

NBSAP REVIEW - Malawi reviews its national biodiversity strategy and action plan

WILD TALK - African Parks conduct orientation for news editors on wildlife related issues

GREEN ENTERPRISES - Alternative livelihoods: Key to fisheries restoration in Lake Malawi

EXCHANGE VISIT - Malawian fish processors exposed to modern processing technologies

ADAPT FACILITY - UNCDF channels adaptive finance to council's for enhanced resilience

NEW REPORT - Africa must address infrastructure gap to unlock opportunities for transformation

FOOD SAFETY - African Union moves towards developing national aflatoxin action plans

VALUE CHAINS - AGCOM hands a MK211m grant to livestock cooperative in Mangochi

FISH FARMS - Dr Napoleon Dzombe eyes state of art commercial fish farms

WEALTHY WASTES - Turn waste into wealth trialogue urge private sector players

CLIMATE JUSTICE - Youth network wraps up regional climate justice festivals

#COP28 - Malawi's trialogue centre on circular economy, energy, innovation and sustainable climate finance

#CAADPPP2023 – AUDA – NEPAD calls for enhanced trade & healthier diets in Africa

TRAWL SURVEY - Malawi & Mozambique in joint fish survey as per SADC protocol on shared water course

FOOD DIALOGUE – AfDB President tells investors Africa's agribusiness sector worth trillion dollars

PD GUEST - Development Partners Coordination Group Outgoing Chairperson - Stanlake Samkange

NURTURE NATURE - Seventy nine wildlife rangers graduate to save fauna and flora

IN OUR MINDS - Global climate expert Saleemul Huq gone but not forgotten

#CAADPPP2023 - Paradigm shift a must for Africa to attain sustainable development

#CAADPPP2023 - African NSA's building constituencies on agri-foods & biennial review report

CLOSED SEASON - Madzedze stratum use own resources to close Lake for fishing in Mangochi

#ADFNS2023 - African parliamentary food systems network takes-off the ground

#ADFNS2023 - Harness science and research to enhance food and nutrition security - Zambian Vice President

#ADFNS2023 - Africa must maximise its resources to end perennial hunger - AU Commissioner

#ADFNS2023 - Over 250million Africans face famine on the continent - Estherine Fotabong

STIFF PENALTY - Court metes stiffer sentence on forestry officer in Dedza

DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY - Towards climate-smart digital and data-enabled agriculture in Malawi

FREDDY EFFECTS - High water level aggravate ecological challenges along Shire River

EVS & BATTERIES - Africa eyes booming clean energy market worth trillions dollars

LANDSCAPES - African entrepreneurs sharpened at Lilongwe's land accelerator platform

OPINION - Rethinking, redesigning and re-imagining future of Malawi’s bio-finance

WISE FISHERIES - Stop unsustainable fisheries practices on Lake Malawi say Champion

Q and A - LUANAR'S Prof. Limbikani Matumba on food safety and aflatoxin control

REFRESHED SPECIES - Mangochi BVC's step up sanctuary fish monitoring

FENCE THEFT - Liwonde NP boundary fence vandalism trigger human-wildlife conflicts

IDDR 2023 - Why Climate Insurance Matters ?

IT'S PARTNERSHIP - All wildlife species we are protecting belongs to Malawians

FISH PONDS - Residents challenged to scale-up integrated fish farming in Mzimba

SAFE FOOD - SADC strategise on food safety to foster integration and trade

SAVE THE DATE - Land Accelerator Africa Demo Day 20th October in Lilongwe

RED CARD - Zomba City plots allocation along Likangala river irks citizens

GRASSROOTS ADAPTATION - Malawi develops LIFE-AR communication strategy

CLIMATE SERVICES - User friendly information critical for resilient agriculture in Africa

MONOFILAMENT RED FLAG - Senior Chief Lulanga sets illegal fish gear on fire at Makanjira

GOING ORGANIC - Farmers urged to cut pesticides use to improve agro-ecology

FOREST FLAMES - Malawi's ability to sustain itself under threat - Hugh Riddle

YOUTH CHAMPIONS - Green movement emerges among AP education scholarship beneficiaries

LANDSCAPES - All set for Lilongwe's forest and landscape restoration indaba

SMART AGRI - Mulching, Village Savings and Loans changing farmer's lives

AFLATOXIN CONTROL - Africa must scale-up awareness and monitoring against the vice

CLIMATE TALKS - Africa's CFR to garner financing for climate and green growth

TIME UP - UN Chief excludes world’s top polluters from climate summit

PICTORIAL FOCUS - Diversified needs based adaptation in Balaka

COMMUNITY OUTREACH – Towards co-existence between humans and wildlife

PD SPECIAL - Farmers appeal for support to harness the sun radiation for irrigation

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY – Farmers diversification pivotal to overcome vulnerability to climate change

WILD BENEFITS – African Parks scholarship programme finally paying-off dividends

AGRO-ECOLOGY - Farmers urged to step up manure production and cut pesticides usage

DEADLY AFLATOXIN - Culprit behind farmers post harvest-losses

PIDA DECADE & BEYOND – Financing, regional integration and fostering trade in Africa

BE THE CHANGE - AfDB President urges youths to spur change globally at Oxford

LAKE CHILWA BIODIVERSITY - Growing human population mounts pressure on basin resources

FUND OUR FUTURE - How banks are fuelling climate crisis than resilience interventions ?

AFLATOXIN CONTROL - Africa strategies on globally acceptable sampling protocols

GOVERNANCE STUDY – More finances to ENRM needed for long-term climate resilience

LANDSCAPE RESTORATION - Bezos Earth Fund in $22.8m locally led restoration in Africa

AFRICA UNITES - Summit adopts a united front against climate change ahead of COP 28

FEATURES - Honey with heart changing people lives

BIENNIAL REVIEW REPORT - NSA demand accountability on agri – food transformation in Africa

GRID CONNECTION - New agreement signed to leverage Africa’s renewable energy resources

CAUTION ON CHEMICALS – Dangers of hazardous waste streams and residues in containers at household level

MAJETE STORY - From sorry state to premier reserve two decades later

LAKE MALAWI - Fish sanctuary monitoring conducted to determine species dwelling list

MICHIRU MOUNTAIN - Leisure walk ends in tears

COP 28 - Health ranks high at climate summit in Malawi

SPECIES MONITORING - African Parks put key species under surveillance 24/7

FOOD SYSTEMS - African youths to connect through art competition on climate and environment sustainability

BIOSPHERE RESERVES - Malawi's MAB core team outlines 2023 action plan

FISHERIES - NKK champions roll in action at TA Kanyenda's Area

GENOME EDITING - Experts validate training modules and communication strategy in Malawi

RANGERS RUN - African Parks NKK plans a 21Km rangers marathon

AMAZON SUMMIT - Eight Presidents discuss blocking new oil drilling in Amazon Rain Forest

CANCELLED - Church Missionaries to hone skills in high value fruit production

STOCKHOLM CONVECTION - National plans on Persistent Organic Pollutants come under review

MAJETE - Elephants unfazed by tourists presence

WBG funded MWASIP project orients stakeholders on social marketing

African countries urged to transition towards circular economy

Malawi in test and evolve phase in LDC's resilience investment

Malawi kicks-off consultations to review 20 year old Biosafety Act

AFRICA - Energy experts agree strategy to transform the sector

SPECIAL COVERAGE - Majestic Majete bounces back with a bang after 20 years

Senior Chief ups fisheries by-laws awareness among his subjects

COMING SOON - 20 years success story at Majete Wildlife Reserve

WFSJ welcomes Malawi as its 72nd affiliated member

"Yes We Can," says Fishland Ladies youthful secretary Ruth Magombo

Malawian working groups on ecosystem assessment trained ahead of evaluation

AFRICA - Saudi Arabia strong supporter of Special Drawing Rights - AfDB President

NPC, Farm Radio Trust sign MOU to popularise Malawi Vision 2063

Solar powered irrigation schemes change farmers lives in Nsanje

AUDA-NEPAD supports Malawi’s Genome Editing Communication Strategy

NASFAM lauded for raising groundnuts quality standard bar

Five journalists short-listed for Forestry Accountability Journalism Initiative in Malawi

WESM in bird habitat restoration around Chia Lagoon in Nkhota-Kota

African Parks clocks 20 years of success at Majete Wildlife Reserve

SADC Non-State Actors want active participation in BR Review Process

Forestry, communities sign co-management agreements on Namizimu and Phirilongwe reserves

Wildlife Action Group trap cameras aid in critical research data

Senior Chief Mwirango'mbe roped to champion fisheries advocacy and awareness

Lake Malawi fish landing sites gets infrastructure boost

Karonga fisheries champions gets orientation

Salima Met Office status-quo comes under public spotlight

Chemical waste management to compliment Malawi's clean-up campaign

Laness Chavula, fish farmer extra-ordinaire in Mzuzu

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