Research Groups
Fisheries Resource Management Group
The following three research activities will be implemented. Firstly, since the national statistical system and scientific monitoring of Malawi had not functioning enough, we aimed to establish the low cost and interactive “Participatory Resource Monitoring Method” participated by the local community and researchers. In this program, resource-related environmental DNA analysis of important aquatic species such...
Agricultural Resource Management Group
Lake Malawi National Park is constructed from the chain of agricultural field, forest, human habitats, and use of lake water on land. Water and material cycles from agriculture affect to the forest, human habitats, total area of lake basin, and ecosystem of Lake Malawi. On the other hand, in this area there are challenges to...
Forest Resource Management Group
The mountain and hill of the Lake Malawi National Park are covered by the Miombo forest. Deforestation is advancing in Malawi, and it is important to preserve the forest including the Miombo forest. The forest should be managed sustainably as it plays an important role in preserving the biodiversity of the lake through the preservation...
Tourism Resource Management Group
The tourism resource management group will carry out the following three approaches. As the “Tourism Resource and Waste Monitoring” approach, tour guides of the Chembe village will conduct the monitoring of the land and underwater landscape, and waste. In addition, for the purpose of creating a system to understand the areas with high management priority,...
Protected Areas Management Group
The government of Malawi has an obligation to conduct a continuous survey of the outstanding and universal value of nature (OUV) of the World Heritage site. The cooperation with National Park Service will be strengthened, and we will proceed with the improvement and operation of the previously proposed OUV monitoring method to accumulate valuable data....
Integrated Quality of Life and Human Well-Being Evaluation Method Development Group
We will endeavor to develop the integrated evaluation methods and systems of “quality of life” and “human well-being”, and to improve and implement them throughout the project. With regard to “quality of life”, we will focus on the improvement of the quality of life utilizing natural resources management systems developed in the project such as...
Establishment of Integrated Natural Resources Management System Group
Highly functional resource management, enhancement and utilizing options extracted from resource management groups will be selected and classified as leverage points based on their priority. The integrated national resource management systems will be composed and operated using these multiple leverage points. We will establish participatory monitoring methods for processes of integrated resource management in cooperation...
Leverage Point Analysis Subgroup
We will explore potentially effective resource management systems through the close interaction and discussion with each research group and identify leverage points using causal network analyses. We will identify synergies among leverage points and the mechanism to avoid tradeoffs through their detailed analysis in collaboration with the stakeholders of the local communities. The community-driven integrated...