Environment
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Why Malawi should sign up for Eiti
Malawi has various minerals. According to Peter Chilumanga, deputy director of mines, different types of minerals are being extracted in…
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Encroachment worries Raiply
Encroachment is the biggest problem hampering Raiply Malawi Limited, wood products’ manufacturers, from replanting trees on their plantation on Mulanje…
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Youth dress Capital Hill with trees
Youths have a critical role in conserving nature. As such, churches in Lilongwe City mobilised children last Sunday to plant…
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Probing the drying Lake Chilwa
Abel Mindozo of Mapila Village, Traditional Authority Mposa in Machinga has witnessed the drying up of Lake Chilwa more than…
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Lake Chilwa: Any rain of hope?
The onset of the rainy season in Malawi has sparked a wave of hope among dependents of Lake Chilwa, but…
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HIV and Aids in fishing community affects Malawi’s economy
Deputy director for fisheries, Dr. Steven Donda, says HIV and Aids in the fishing community has negatively affected the national…
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Strong link between climate change, food security–Study
At the 18th UN Climate Change Conference in Doha, Qatar, the findings of an innovative comparative study has confirmed that…
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Commitment vital to water resource management
Access to clean and potable water is becoming increasingly a hot issue. And despite enjoying vast water bodies in form…
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‘Poorest nations to be hardest hit by climate change’
A World Bank report on climate change released on Monday this week says all nations will suffer the effects of…
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Forum for good governance of resources
The Eighth African Development Forum (ADFVIII) concluded three days of intense debate and discussions among stakeholders with a consensus statement…
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Women bearing the brunt of energy challenges—JB
The energy challenges being faced in Malawi are impacting on women’s health, thereby reducing their time spent on earning income,…
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Methane as an alternative source of energy
A foul smell engulfs the Zomba Road in southern Malawi as one approaches Mzedi Dumpsite. Then an overflow of waste…
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Low carbon path key to development
Climate change poses a severe threat to the development plans and priorities of African countries but low carbon path could…
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Is there an end in sight to corporal punishment?
Patrick Katuwa nearly dropped out of school in the southern Malawi district of Chiradzulu this year. He claims to have…
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Empowered women key in climate change fight
Women need empowerment in climate change adaptation and mitigation for the world to overcome the battle against climate change, says…
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Study highlights lack of climate-linked aid
Contrary to popular belief, relatively little donor funding is being channelled towards climate change adaptation activities in Africa, according to…
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‘Plant trees to fight climate change’
The Department of Forestry says lack of balance between the cutting down of trees and replanting them is the main…
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Funds for green tech in Africa approved
The Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (Sefa), a joint initiative of the Danish Government and the Energy, Environment and Climate…
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Women leading in climate change adaptation efforts
Margaret Macheso, 59, shook with anger at the mere mention of climate change during a visit by Richie Muheya, Minister…
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Is Africa adapting to climate change?
People often use “coping†and “adapting†interchangeably in the context of disaster response – an issue the Intergovernmental Panel on…
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