Ulimi ndi Chilengedwe m’Malawi

UCHI Component 1 supports the preservation, restoration and regeneration of Malawi’s natural resource base. It identifies protected areas at high risk of encroachment, and the degraded landscapes around them, and supports practical measures to improve land management, restore forests and stop farms spreading into protected areas.

The approach combines land-use planning and customary land registration, forest regeneration, soil conservation and watershed management, and sustainable financing for natural resource management.

Districts and forest reserves

• Dedza — Mua-Livulezi

• Ntchisi — Ntchisi Forest Reserve

• Kasungu — Chawa

• Ntcheu — Chirobwe and Bangwe

• Mzimba — Mtangatanga and Chimaliro

• Chikwawa — Masenjere Escarpment

• Nsanje — Kalulu, Masenjere and Masenjere Escarpment

• Zomba — Zomba-Malosa

• Nkhata Bay — Kaning’ina, Kandoli and Mukuwazi

• Karonga — Karonga Southern and Northern Escarpments

• Rumphi — Uzumara

• Chitipa — Misuku Hills (Mughese and Wilindi)

Achievements so far

• Block management committees, village natural resources management committees and catchment management committees formed, strengthened and trained.

• More than 150,000 tree seedlings planted out in the first half of the period, with nurseries set up for future planting and areas placed under natural regeneration management.

• Catchments delineated, erosion hotspots identified, and extension workers and communities trained in soil and water conservation.

• Customary land committees and tribunals established in districts such as Ntchisi.

Desk officers: Violet Mtaza and Temwachi Maganga.