8 publications in Acts & regulations Clear
Government Notice No. 42, published in the Malawi Gazette Supplement of 22 May 2026. Sets the closed season (1 November to 31 March), the list of protected trees, licence conditions, royalties and fees, and replaces the Forestry Rules.
Act No. 31 of 2025. Gives named enforcement agencies powers under the Forestry Act, lets forestry officers investigate and prepare prosecutions, makes entering a forest reserve without authority an offence, and raises penalties for charcoal trafficking.
Act No. 7 of 2020. Passed unanimously by Parliament in February 2020, it raised fines and prison terms for forest offences and introduced the forfeiture of assets used in forest crime.
Kept for reference. The Forestry Rules were revoked by the Forestry Regulations, 2026.
Rules for village natural resources management committees, village forest areas and forest management agreements with communities.
Kept for reference. The Forestry Rules were revoked by the Forestry Regulations, 2026.
The principal law for forests in Malawi: forest reserves and protected areas, village forest areas, plantations, licensing of forest produce, and the powers of forestry officers. Read it together with the 2020 and 2025 amendments.
An earlier list of protected tree species. The current list is the First Schedule to the Forestry Regulations, 2026.
