A Gateway to Environmental Law in Malawi

Malawi is a beneficiary to a Project on the Development of National Legal Databases for Capacity-Building to Enhance Access to Environmental Information among selected countries in Africa. The Project is being implemented with support from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). At the national level, the Project is being implemented by the Environmental Affairs Department with guidance from the Ministry of Justice and technically supported by the Department of Information Systems and Technology Management Systems in the Ministry of Information and Tourism..

MALEX, the Malawi web-based Database provides information on environmental law and policy to enhance public participation in decision-making for sustainable environment and natural resources management. The Database targets the public, legal practitioners, public interest litigation; government officials, the civil society, the academia, magistrates and judges that will need a readily available information for informed decision-making..

The MALEX is searchable database that displays information in full text or short summaries. Users may opt to use the summaries (Abstracts) or full text presented in printable "pdf" format. The search on the database is guided by subjects or keywords listed on the database.

For more information on the database, you may contact:

The Director,
Environmental Affairs Department, Private Bag 394, Lilongwe 3, MALAWI	Telephone: (265) 1 771 111 Fax (265) 1 773 379 Email: eadinfo@sdnp.org.mw or contact the Webmaster.