Malawi’s Elephant Marsh: The challenge of protecting a wetland that sustains thousands

Mongabay
Jun 8, 2026, 3:54 am247 ptsTop
ELEPHANT MARSH, Malawi — At 5:30 am, trader Flora Kumilai is squatting before a heap of smoked catfish at Sorjin Market in southern Malawi’s Elephant Marsh, haggling with sellers over the price. “I found gold in fish,” she chuckles as she fills a third cardboard box. “And Elephant Marsh is the…

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