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Wildlife & Environmental Society of Malawi Wildlife & Environmental Society of Malawi Wildlife & Environmental Society of Malawi WESM Lilongwe Branch Newsletter 2012 June In this Issue Have you been an active member? 1 Branch Progress & Plans WESM thrives on members like you getting involved. - Upcoming Activities Monthly Discussion Meetings: If you have not had the chance to come 2 Join the Online Discussions About WESM & LL Contacts to one of our discussions in recent months, give it a try. Maybe you have a topic you would like to be covered; let us know and we will try 3 Recent Member Activities & - Vulture Count Results and arrange it. Maybe you could facilitate a discussion on a topic you 4 - Bua River Weekend are keen about; let us know and we can help you make it happen. 5 Highlighted Discussion Maybe you would like to come to the talks but the time is not - Kayelekera Uranium mine convenient; again let us know! In any event, if you have missed some 6 Sustainable Energy talks you can read about them here. - Mayi Bawo Basket cooker - Improved Cookstoves Volunteer : Maybe you could share your skills, knowledge and/or 7 Branch Activities energy. Are you knowledgeable in some aspect of wildlife and the - World Environment Week environment? Or some aspect of management? Or would you like to 8 Kasungu National Park just help on some of WESM’s activities? WESM’s work is done mostly - Support to anti-poaching by volunteers, people like YOU! - WESM Member Offers WESM elsewhere in Malawi : WESM has recently signed an agreement with the World Bank to support the Department of National Parks and Wildlife (DNPW) with the improvement of Nkhotakota Wildlife Reserve, in conjunction with the Dwangwa WESM branch. This is only a three-year project and funding is not large, but WESM hopes to be able to use the funds and the limited time to help DNPW to make a good start on the road to better management practices, e.g. anti- poaching, as well as carry out a biodiversity survey. – Nick Hall, WESM LL Chair Mo. Dates Time Venue Upcoming Activities ::: July 28 10 am LNS Discussion with Mike Labuschagne on Poaching and Liwonde NPs Rhino Project Discussion with Prof John Wibberley on Treasuring trees - encompassing spiritual and 11 10 am LNS cultural significance of trees and their current productive and protective livelihood roles in Aug ecosystems Environment Weekend at Ntchisi Forest Lodge (20% discount for card-carrying WESM 25-26 w-end Ntchisi members) tba tba tba Discussion with Mike Whiteman on the Kulera Biodiversity Project. Get out & Embrace the Environment! An Environment Fun Day organized by WESM LL at Sep 22 Sunday Kumbali Kumbali Cultural Village. Gear up for a day of events, stalls, food and fun to be had by all. tba w-end Kasungu Mammal Count in Kasungu National Park Day & Time for the Monthly Discussions: Several people have asked us to hold discussions on weekday evenings and we plan on varying the day and time to try to accommodate more people. We also work with the speaker for what time suits them, and the talks in July and August were best on Saturday – but we’ve heard you, and we’re aiming to please! Border Art by the late Anne Hyatt, a long time WESM LL member Join the online Discussion! You are receiving WESM’s occasional emails. If you want to part of a more active email or Facebook forum on environmental matters, then you can join any of the discussion fora listed below. If you prefer less frequent communications, our branch newsletters will give you pointers to what is happening elsewhere. WESM Malawi: WESM branches are trying to do more together as ‘One WESM’. The following discussion sites are being developed and are functioning now with a few members. It would be great if all branches had a few active members so that we can keep up with environmental issues nationwide. • Discussion List, send e-mail to: [email protected] • Facebook discussion page, visit: http://www.facebook.com/groups/302760476458071/ • Website: http://www.wildlifemalawi.org/ - under construction but several pages are built and beautiful! WESM Lilongwe branch: • Mailing list (not for discussion), send e-mail to: [email protected] . The branch uses this yahoo group to send members and partners this newsletter and other timely notices. There are only a few e-mails a month – it is not a discussion forum. Please join if you want branch updates. • Facebook discussion Page, visit: http://www.facebook.com/wesm.lilongwe Other: • Malawi Birding discussion list [email protected] . As the title implies this is focused on birds. There are a few members in the region, but primarily it is focused on Malawi. • Permaculture Malawi discussion list [email protected] . Permaculture is an environmental design system for human habitats. It aims to care for the earth while caring for people. • Malawi Environment Forum [email protected] . This forum has been very active recently and has had several interesting discussion threads. About WESM - To Join : Contact the Branch Manager, complete a registration form, pay the annual membership fee and get involved! - Vision : For all people in Malawi to co-exist in harmony with their natural environment. - Mission : To promote full public participation in the wise management of wildlife, natural resources and the environment in Malawi. - WESM: Is a membership, not-for-profit, non-governmental organisation registered in 1947 as Nyasaland Flora & Fauna Foun dation. It now has 9 branches and an estimated 3,000 wildlife clubs in schools, churches, colleges and communities. - WESM Lilongwe branch was established in 1975 and covers 7 central region districts. Since 2001, there have been 600 wild life clubs registered (with about 400 currently active) and a membership of over 150 individuals, families and corporations. Members promote and advocate for effective policies; develop relationships with relevant stakeholders ; and support projects that address environmental degradation and encourage sustainable management of natural resources. Lilongwe Nature Sanctuary, City Centre * www.wildlifemalawi.org * 01-771-269 * [email protected] Wildlife Society of Malawi, National Bank of Malawi, Capital City Branch, Account No: 1422189, Swift Code: NBMAMWMW 007 1. Chair Nick Hall [email protected] t 0888 -839 -804 2. Vice Chair / Branch Manager Vincent Kaitano [email protected] 0995 -509 -798, 0884 -504 -253 3. Environmental Education Coordinator Elesani Zakochera [email protected] 0999 -464 -668 4. Finance s Titani ‘’Chancy’’ Kanyondo [email protected] 0888 -118 -789, 0999 -118 -789 5. Activities Lizanne Roxburgh [email protected] m 0993 -434 -274 6. Communication Stacia Nordin [email protected] m 0999 -333 -073 7. Subcommittee members: Riikka H (Talks), Charlotte Walford (activities), and YOU ! Con tact any of us to get involved! Please share with WESM members through this newsletter! Send to WESM Communications Volunteer: Stacia Nordin [email protected] Contributions are due the first week of: March - June - September - December, for release the same month June 2012 Page 2 of 8 National Vulture Count Results –by Lizanne Roxburgh A big THANK-YOU to all the people from all over Malawi who participated in the National Vulture Count on the Kamuzu day weekend! At least 17 people participated, plus groups from WESM-Blantyre and WESM-Lilongwe who were visiting Mwabvi and Nkhotakota Wildife Reserves, respectively. The aim of the count was to gather data on sites where the vultures still occur in Malawi, since their populations are declining in Malawi and globally. Palm-nut vultures were the most widely seen vultures, occurring in 10 different sites (see the table below for a summary). Palm-nut vultures have a different diet to other species of vultures, Palm-nut vulture bathing, northern Lake Shore. Ed Peeters as they eat mostly palm fruits, and various small animals and carrion. In fact, the species should probably be treated differently from other vulture species, as it is thought to be closely related to fish eagles, and the alternative name for palm-nut vulture is vulturine fish-eagle. White-backed vultures were the most numerous vulture seen during the Vulture Count weekend, and 43 were seen, but in only two protected areas: Lengwe and Majete Wildlife Reserves. Overall, the most vultures and the greatest diversity of vultures were seen in Majete Wildlife Reserve: 3 species and 34 individuals in total. No hooded or white-headed vultures were seen over the weekend in any of the sites. No vultures at all were seen in two national parks: Kasungu and Mwabvi Wildlife Reserve. Sadly, we had no participants from Nyika National Park or Vwaza Marsh Wildlife Reserve. But at least in Nyika, vultures are still regularly reported, whereas vultures are rarely reported from Vwaza Marsh. At least 3 people who visited over the course of the past 10 years report not seeing any vultures. Only 3 palm-nut vultures, and no other vulture species, were seen in Liwonde National Park, where sadly poisoning and poaching appear to have wiped out vultures. No vultures, apart from Palm-nut, were seen in Nkhotakota Wildlife Reserve. During the WESM weekend at Bua River Lodge (see the next article), we drove through the reserve to the base of Chipata Mountain, where I spent several hours intensively watching the skies above the reserve for raptors. While scanning with a spotting scope, I saw augur buzzard, black-breasted snake eagle, martial eagle and Ayre’s hawk eagle, so the site was well placed to see aerial raptors. However, there was no sign of any vultures. John Dickenson and John Volker, who have both lived in the Wildlife Reserve for at least 5 years, in different sites, have not seen any vultures there either (excluding palm nuts, which are regular).
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