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The appointment reflects a shared commitment to the long-term stewardship of southern Africa’s transboundary landscapes, where healthy ecosystems and the communities who depend on them are intrinsically connected.

How a 20‑year pact in Malawi is reshaping conservation governance

George Nxumayo’s connection to the Nyika-Vwaza landscape runs deep. He first started working in and around Vwaza Marsh Wildlife Reserve nearly two decades ago, in 2005. Today, as CEO of the Nyika-Vwaza Co-management Trust, he draws on a lifetime of conservation and community experience to guide one of Malawi’s most ecologically important regions toward a future that’s both sustainable and inclusive.

The President of Malawi, His Excellency Dr. Lazarus Chakwera, today switched on the taps of a transformative community development project, the Nyika-Vwaza Gravity-fed Piped Water Scheme. This brings safe drinking water for the first time to 18,000 people living in the vicinity of Nyika National Park and Vwaza Marsh Wildlife Reserve. Over the next ten years, up to 33,000 Malawians will gain access to the piped water through the scheme. 

In this Q&A, Judge Twea shares insights into the challenges of his role and how he plans to protect this critical water catchment and the communities that depend on it.

His Excellency Dr. Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera, President of the Republic of Malawi, today visited the site of the Thazima Gravity-Fed Potable Water Supply Scheme.