In Malawi, because of overfishing in key fish breeding lagoons and river mouths and destruction of the protective plants around their edges, many fish-eating predators such as birds and crocodiles have moved away as there are no fish for them to eat.
In the dry season, the lack of protective plant cover also means that the water temperature rises and those fish that are still present often die from the heat.
However, where Ripple Africa’s Fish for Tomorrow project has been operating for some years, these areas are now seeing re-wilding, attracting bird life back to the lagoons including the Malachite Kingfisher, African Jacana and Spectacled Weaver birds amongst many others.
