Acts & regulations
2003
Forest Rules, 2003
Kept for reference. The Forestry Rules were revoked by the Forestry Regulations, 2026.
Publications
16 publications
-
-
Acts & regulations 2001
Forestry (Community Participation) Rules, 2001
Rules for village natural resources management committees, village forest areas and forest management agreements with communities.
-
Acts & regulations 2001
Forest Rules, 2001
Kept for reference. The Forestry Rules were revoked by the Forestry Regulations, 2026.
-
National Forestry Programme, 2001
The programme drawn up in 2001 to put the National Forest Policy into practice. Still one of the instruments the Department works under.
-
Acts & regulations 1997
Forestry Act, 1997 (Cap. 63:01)
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.
-
Schedule One: protected tree species
An earlier list of protected tree species. The current list is the First Schedule to the Forestry Regulations, 2026.
