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

BLANTYRE, Mar 31 (IPS) - 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.

Read the full story, “Forest Guards Risking Their Lives To Keep Malawi’s Forests Standing”, on globalissues.org →

source https://www.globalissues.org/news/2025/03/31/39472

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