Malawi: Forest Guards Risking Their Lives to Keep Malawi's Forests Standing

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Malawi: Forest Guards Risking Their Lives to Keep Malawi's Forests Standing

Blantyre -- In Malawi, being a forest guard isn't a glamorous, sought-after job. And it has often been quiet, enjoying almost no publicity - until recently amid the worsening crashing down of the country's forests, which is making the occupation increasingly perilous.

Forest Guards Risking Their Lives To Keep Malawi’s Forests Standing

In Malawi, being a forest guard isn’t a glamorous, sought-after job but recently it has become an increasingly perilous occupation.

BLANTIRE – In Malawi, being a forest keeper is not a glamorous job or much sought after. And it has often been a quiet job, without just publicity, until recently, in the midst of the worsening destruction of the country’s forests, which is making the profession increasingly dangerous. Only in [...] This article Forest Guards risk their lives to keep Malawi’s forests standing was originally published on IPS News Agency