CEPA is currently implementing a number of projects and these include:-
Southern Africa Biodiversity Policy
Initiative (SABPI)
The main mandate of the initiative is to implement complimentary
activities pertaining to national policy on biodiversity, biotechnology,
food security, international trade and intellectual property rights
including the linkages between and among these.
Climate Change and Rural Livelihoods
The project seeks to assist in development of appropriate policy
responses to enable local communities to cope better with adverse
impacts of climate change.
The Land and Agrarian Reform Initiative
The project seeks to influence land and agrarian reform in Malawi to address
several existing imbalances in land ownership, advocate for pro-poor
land policies, appropriate institutional frameworks to support people
centered land and agrarian reform, and share best practices on land and
agrarian reform across the region.
The Access Initiative (TAI)
TAI is an initiative of a global coalition of NGOs that seeks to enhance
implementation of Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration 1992, to which the
state parties re-committed themselves in Johannesburg 2002 at the World
Summit on Sustainable Development.
Legislative Representation
in Environment and Natural Resources in Malawi
This project seeks to open political space for
constituencies to use their legislators to effectively represent their
environment and natural resources interests. This project is implemented
with funding and technical support from World Resources Institute (WRI),
Washington DC.
Biodiversity and Access and Benefit Sharing of Genetic Resources
Involves biodiversity policy lobbying and
networking. The aim is to advocate for the development and management of
biodiversity policies and legislation that
promote biodiversity conservation and local livelihood issues. Currently
CEPA is supporting development of an Access and Benefit Sharing Bill for
Malawi.
Biotechnology Policy Lobbying and
Advocacy
CEPA is currently involved in advocacy work relating public
awareness on modern biotechnology products and how they affect
biodiversity conservation especially agro-biodiversity in Malawi.
Distributional Equity in Natural Resources
The Distributional Equity project objective is to promote fair access to
environmental benefits for poverty reduction
and sound natural resource management.
Consultancy Assignments
CEPA has undertaken a number of consultancy assignments
relating to review and reform of environment and natural resources
policies and legislation in Malawi. Among the notable successful
assignments are:
- The harmonization of Malawi’s environment and natural
resources policies;
- Drafting of the revision of its National
Environmental Policy;
- The legal framework for phase out of Methyl
Bromide in the tobacco industry in Malawi;
- Revision of the Environment
Management Act (EMA); and
- Review of the Access and Benefit Sharing of genetic resources
policy and legal framework which is part of the Southern Africa
Biodiversity Support Program.
- Assessing the Implementation of Community Based Natural Resource
Management (CBNRM) policies and laws in Malawi;
- Providing legal advice to implementation of Community Based Forest
Management.
We are also currently involved in a team that is preparing a
Biotechnology Policy for Malawi. |
