Appendix A.

Malawis Protected Areas

Protected Area
Name

Area
(ha)

Date
Date
Protected Gazetted

National Parks
Kasungu
Lake Malawi
Lengwe
Liwonde
Nyika

228,147
7,365
100,198
54,633
320,078
710,421

1922
1980
1928
1969
1952

1930
1980
1928
1972
1966

77,754
35,193
178,568
98,214
389,730

1951
1951
1938
1956

1955
1951
1938
1956

370
4,205
426
3,447
525
15,205
774
1,314
2,484
12,353
2,917
30,965
3,142
98,827
779
4,494
2,892
159
14,007
159
1,948
134
316
27,407
374
4,734
300
40,853

1959
1930
1948
1948
1925
1926
1924
1960
1935
1924
1926
1972
1964
1911
1940
1924
1958
1951
1935
1922
1926
1934
1948
1924
1935
1976
1927
1924

1974
1948
1948
1973
1925
1926
1924

Forest Reserves
Amalika
Bangwe
Bunda
Bunganya
Chigumula
Chimaliro
Chiradzulu
Chirobwe
Chisasira
Chongoni
Dedza Mountain
Dedza-Salima
Dowa Hills
Dzalanyama
Dzenza
Dzonze
Kalulu Hills
Kalwe
Kaning'ina
Kanjedza
Kongwe
Kuwilwi
Litchenya
Liwonde
Lunyangwa
Mafinga Hills
Malabvi
Mangochi

Area
(ha)

Date
Date
Protected Gazetted

Forest Reserves

Wildlife Reserves
Majete
Mwabvi
Nkhotakota
Vwaza Marsh

Protected Area
Name

1935
1924
1926
1974
1974
1922
1948
1924
1958
1956
1935
1922
1926
1935
1948
1924
1935
1976
1927
1924

Mangochi Palm
Masambanjati
Masenjere
Matandwe
Matipa
Mchinji
Michiru
Mirare
Msitolengwe
Mtangatanga
Mua-Livulezi
Mua-Tsanya
Mudi
Mughesse
Mulanje-Michese
Musisi
Mvai
Nalikule
Namizimu
Ndirande
Ngara
Mkuwazi
Nkopola
North Senga
Ntchisi
Perekezi
Phirilongwe
Ruvuo
Sambani
Soche
South Senga
South Viphya
Thambani
Thuchila
Thuma
Thyolo Mountain
Thyolomwani
Tsamba
Uzumara
Vinthukutu
Wilindi
Zomba-Malosa

501
93
276
31,053
1,055
20,885
3,004
59
98
8,099
12,673
933
39
771
56,314
7,037
4,140
57
88,966
1,433
2,272
1,608
86
1,207
8,758
14,482
16,385
4,781
149
388
532
156,102
4,680
1,843
15,767
1,347
965
2,806
754
1,957
937
19,018
769,822

Grand Total Area: 1,869,974

1977
1952
1930
1931
1948
1924
1960
1943
1968
1935
1924
1924
1922
1948
1927
1948
1924
1948
1924
1922
1958
1927

1980
1974
1930
1931
1948
1924
1970
1949
1974
1935
1924
1924
1922
1948
1927
1948
1924
1948
1924
1922
1958
1927

1958
1924
1933
1924
1935
1938
1922
1958
1958
1927
1925
1926
1924
1930
1927
1948
1948
1948
1913

1958
1924
1935
1924
1935
1948
1922
1958
1958
1927
1925
1926
1924
1930
1927
1948
1948
1948
1913

Appendix A.

Protected Areas of Malawi

Matipa
Mughesse
Wilindi

Mafinga Hills

Musisi
Vinthukutu
Nyika

Uzumara
Vwaza Marsh

Protected Areas

Bunganya
Lunyangwa
Kaning'ina
Kalwe
MtangaMkuwazi
tanga
Chisasira
Ruvuo
Kuwilwi
Perekezi
South Viphya

Forest Reserve
Wildlife Reserve
National Park

Chimaliro
Kasungu
Nkhotakota
Ngara
Ntchisi
Dedza-Salima Escarpment
North Senga
Thuma
$

Lake
Malawi

Mua-Tsanya Nkopola
Mua-Livulezi
Mangochi Palm

Dzalanyama

Msitolengwe
Dzenza
Bunda
Chongoni
Dedza Mountain

Namizimu

South Senga

Chirobwe

Bangwe

E
S

Kongwe
Dowa Hills
Nalikule

Mchinji

Mangochi

Phirilongwe
Mvai
Dzonze

Liwonde
Liwonde

Tsamba
Zomba-Malosa
Thambani

Chiradzul u
Michiru
Sambani
Ndirande
Kanjedza Mu d iMalabvi
Soche
Majete
Chigumula
Mirare Amalika
Litchenya
Thyolo Mountain

Lengwe

Masambanjati

Masenjere

Mwabvi
Matandwe
100

100 Kilometers

Michese
Mulanje Mountain

Thuchila

Public Lands Utilization Study

Thyolomwani
Kalulu Hills

Government of Malawi
U.S. Agency for International Development
Arizona Remote Sensing Center
Office of Arid Land Studies
University of Arizona