Aid officials are concerned over the growing impact of deforestation and say that forest loss and erosion could doom Malawi to perpetual food shortages as the country’s fertile soil is literally ...

A recent study compared deforestation data and information on household access to clean water in Malawi. The scientists found that the country lost 14 percent of its forest between 2000 and 2010 ...

According to a report issued in 2018 by Lilongwe Wildlife Trust, Malawi has the highest rate of deforestation. "Malawi has the highest rate of deforestation in the SADC region. Organized forest ...

Malawi is losing an estimated 33,000 hectares ... Areas without beehives have hundreds of tree stumps - a sign of deforestation - whereas rivers and other places where the hives are situated ...

The shocking effects of the deforestation -Photo by Cluny Wildlife Trust. Malawi needs trees.- Photo by Cluny Wildlife Trust. Aerial view of the land that needs tree planting.-photo courtesy of ...

Malawi's government is trying a new way to protect its fast-dwindling forests: Sending in the army. With deforestation threatening the capital's water supply, the government has launched 24-hour ...

He said climate change effects being experienced in recent past years is as a result of deforestation hence ... Peter Mutharika under the theme: 'Malawi forests - rooted in the past and branching ...

As a secondary school student in the 1950s, Cornelius Mwalwanda worked during the holidays at the Viphya plantation in Northern Malawi’s Mzimba district, to save for school fees. Viphya’s 53-501 ...

Another report indicates that the main reason for deforestation is Malawi's dependence on wood to meet its energy needs, given that 89% of inhabitants don't have access to electricity.

Poverty and deforestation exacerbate these weather impacts for the nation’s smallholder farmers, who produce 80 percent of the food consumed in Malawi. Cyclone Freddy lasted a record 38 days ...

And access to such money could help prevent the worst of those catastrophes by addressing deforestation’s true root cause in Malawi: poverty. If officials were to use the funds to build programs ...