On 29th July,2016 the World Heritage Center wrote the Malawi Diplomat Charge de affairs Joseph Chiteyeye in Brussles, Belgium on issues surrounding Lake Malawi oil exploration.
The letter from the Director of world heritage center Machtild Rossler was copied to UNESCO Commission of Malawi and the department of sports and culture in Malawi.
The World Heritage Center ask Malawi Government to with draw oil exploration in Lake Malawi.
It has reiterated its concern over oil exploration activities especially on Lake Malawi National Park which is a world heritage site.
This decision was made at the World Heritage Convention 40th Session meeting in Istanbul that took place in July this year.
Views of Environmental Rights Activist Godfrey Mfiti Director of Institute of Sustainable Development
As an Environmental Rights Organization we believe Lake Malawi National Park has to be protected and the entire oil exploration activities in Lake Malawi be withdrawn.
The Conservation efforts of Lake Malawi National Park cannot be compatible with oil exploration as it threatens the Outstanding Universal Values of Lake Malawi.
It is very clear from the World Heritage Convention that Lake Malawi is bound to lose its source of cichlids.
The Lake boast about over a thousand cichlids where three hundred are unique to Malawi. Malawian ordinary citizens will be great losers should the oil exploration continue since this is a source of protein for many Malawians in rural and urban areas.
The oil exploration will also affect the quality of drinking water from the lake at a time when the country is struggling to provide drinking water to its citizenry in major cities of Blantyre and Lilongwe.
At the same time the rural communities in most district of Malawi lack safe and clean drinking water.
In the attached annex Rakgas and Surestream have been requested not to explore for oil on Lake Malawi National Park. We therefore request the companies to comply with the World Heritage Center demands.
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Its too late,as I am writing,thousands upon thousands of fish are dying in lake Malawi.Come and see. in Makanjila,eg at my home vge Chilinda beaches ,something is wrong,what’s more with the oil.for more information contact me at 0995773644 or at E mail [email protected]
NO,No,no Lake Malawi Oil exploratin,its one way of killing Malawians coz water is life.
Big NO, keep waterfor to
morrow please
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By any means,in the name of God,the poor malawians are worthy to protect any physical features they provided by God.We are poor in appearance but we are worthy to go and protect any part of our features of which Lake Malawi is inclussive.All poor Malawians are ready to sink and die in Lake Malawi so that you so called worthy Bosses you should extract more oil.{By tears of apoor Malawian}
stop that. Sitikufuna nkhondo muno
tichitsowa chambo chokoma choja and ameneyu tatopa naye