Other – Establishment of a Sustainable Community Development Model based on Integrated Natural Resource Management Systems in Lake Malawi National Park (Malawi IntNRMS project)

March 2025　Shigeru Yanaka　Condolences

On March 20, Shigeru Yanaka, a SATREPS Malawi Project member, passed away.
I was speechless to receive the sudden news even though I had heard from him that he was recuperating from an illness by email correspondence last year.
Starting at Nagano University, he cooperated as a co-researcher in our projects and also joined our projects at the Research Institute for Humanity and Nature and Ehime University.
In 2022, he joined the research work at Malawi, Yakushima, and Aya. He also accompanied the Malawian researchers at Chizu during their research in Japan.
I have met many different researchers in my long career.
Among them, he was an extensive, knowledgeable, and multiple-talented professor who was always curious about information and eager to try new things.
I posted one memorial photo at Nagano where we went together for research among the many photos we had taken.
Yanaka-sensei, thanks for all that you’ve done. I have a lot of pleasant memories with you. I am very grateful for you.

: May 10, 2014　 In Sakurai district, Saku City, Nagano Prefecture　Tasting spring water

: May 11, 2014　 At St. Cousair, Iizuna-machi, Nagano Prefecture　Perfect smile

(Text/photo by Atsuko Fukushima)

November 13th, 2024　Renewal of the MOU between UNIMA and EU

Both parties agreed to renew the Memorandum of Understanding for Academic Exchange between University of Malawi, Malawi and National University Corporation Ehime University, Japan, as it has been five years since both signed on November 13, 2019. (On October 16th, 2024, Sato visited the UNIMA and received a signed MOU from the Vice Chancellor Samson Sajidu.)

June 8th 2021(Tue) Ms. Madoka Kurata, The project coordinator, has arrived in Malawi.

June 6th 2021(Sun) Ms. Yasuko Kusakari, our long-term expert, has arrived in Malawi. The project officially started on June 6th for 5 years.

June 27th 2020 Malawi Integrated Resource Management Project（IntNRMS Project）website was released.

Web Site
https://intnrms-malawi.org/

March 10th 2020 (Tue) Bosco Rusuwa, the project manager of Malawi side, and McPhillip Mwithokona, director of Lake Malawi National Park addressed a briefing on the IntNRMS project to district assembly members and government officials in Mangochi City.

Bosco Rusuwa’s presentation at the Mangochi District Development Committee (Full Council Committee).

March 9th 2020（Mon） The Record of Discussion (R/D) between University of Malawi and JICA Malawi Office was signed.

October 17th 2019 (Thu) Collaborative Research Agreement (CRA) between Ehime University and University of Malawi was signed.

September 9th (Mon) ~ September 23rd (Mon) 2019 The detailed planning survey by JICA was conducted. The title of the project was confirmed as “Establishment of a Sustainable Community Development Model based on Integrated Natural Resource Management Systems in Lake Malawi National Park (Malawi-IntNRMS project)”. In parallel, project members conducted the survey in Chembe Village.

: Agricultural survey in Chembe Village.

: A boy was scraping the husk of the maize (corn) at a maize mill where staple food for the people, corn, is powdered.

May 16th 2019 (Thu) Malawi SATREPS “Establishment of Sustainable Community Development Model in Harmony with Precious Nature in World Heritage Lake Malawi National Park” (former name of IntNRMS project) was selected for Science and Technology Research Partnership for Sustainable Development (SATREPS) program which is jointly implemented by Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).

Web Site：
https://www.ehime-u.ac.jp/post-95830/
https://www.jica.go.jp/shikoku/press/ku57pq00000knu35-att/ku57pq00000l3tcf.pdf