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Department of Forestry

Projects

With communities and partners, we turn national forest commitments into work on the ground.

Projects and programmes

  • 12 projects
  • 8 ongoing
  • 7 funding partners
  • Ongoing TLLP

    Transforming Landscapes and Livelihoods Project

    Restoring the miombo and mopane woodlands of Balaka, Ntcheu and Mangochi, and building green value chains so rural households earn more from well-managed land.

    Funded by

    • Global Environment Facility (GEF)
    Budget
    US$ 54.05 million (GEF grant US$ 6.35 million)
    Years
    2021–2026
    Where
    Balaka, Ntcheu and Mangochi — Upper Shire River Basin
  • Ongoing UCHI

    Ulimi ndi Chilengedwe m’Malawi

    District-led work to protect forest reserves at high risk of encroachment and restore the degraded land around them, under the Greening and Growing Malawi Programme.

    Funded by

    • European Union
    Budget
    €10.5 million in action grants, plus €3 million technical assistance
    Years
    2023–2030
    Where
    Dedza, Ntchisi, Kasungu, Ntcheu, Mzimba, Chikwawa, Nsanje, Zomba, Nkhata Bay, Karonga, Rumphi and Chitipa
  • Ongoing IAAM

    Integrating Aquaculture-Agriculture to Combat Food Insecurity in Malawi

    Community woodlots and natural regeneration in fishing communities, as part of a programme that raises the incomes of small-scale fish and crop producers — especially women.

    Funded by

    • Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD)
    Years
    2025–2029
    Where
    Chitipa, Rumphi, Mzimba, Nkhotakota, Dowa, Ntchisi, Zomba and Thyolo
  • Ongoing

    Achieving AFR100 with Forest and Farm Producers

    Restoring degraded landscapes in Ntcheu and Mangochi with forest and farm producer organisations, and helping them build restoration businesses.

    Years
    2025–2027
    Where
    Ntcheu and Mangochi
  • Ongoing RE2CLID

    Regional Responses to Climate-Induced Displacement Programme

    Preventing and reducing displacement caused by climate shocks — including through community-based natural resource management and nature-based solutions.

    Funded by

    • European Union (DG INTPA)
    Budget
    EUR 15.5 million for Malawi
    Years
    2025–2029
    Where
    Chikwawa, Nsanje, Mangochi, Blantyre District, Blantyre City, Mulanje, Phalombe and Dowa
  • In preparation INSPIRE-O

    Integrated Social Protection for Resilience and Opportunity

    Climate-smart public works — natural regeneration, community woodlots and riverbank restoration — within a national social protection programme.

    Funded by

    • World Bank
    Years
    Since 2026
    Where
    18 districts
  • In preparation ICAT

    Initiative for Climate Action Transparency

    Better data and skills to measure emissions and removals from forestry, so Malawi can report credibly on its climate commitments.

    Funded by

    • Initiative for Climate Action Transparency (ICAT)
    Budget
    US$ 200,000 (proposed)
    Years
    2026–2027
    Where
    National
  • In preparation RILAP

    Resilient Integrated Livestock and Aquaculture Project

    A GEF project in design, to which the Department is contributing sustainable forest management: regeneration, tree planting, forest monitoring and participatory plans.

    Funded by

    • Global Environment Facility (GEF)
    • International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
    Budget
    GEF US$ 6.02 million; co-financing US$ 33 million
    Where
    Karonga, Mzimba, Nkhata Bay, Lilongwe, Mangochi and Thyolo
  • Completed MWASIP

    Malawi Watershed Services Improvement Project

    Scaled up landscape restoration in the middle and upper Shire River Basin through performance-based grants for plantations and natural regeneration.

    Years
    2020–2026
    Where
    Ntcheu, Balaka, Mangochi, Machinga, Zomba, Blantyre and Neno

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