On 1 February 2014, the State Party submitted a state of conservation report. Subsequently, a joint UNESCO/IUCN reactive monitoring mission visited the property in March/April 2014. Both the State ...

Dispatch No. 1, three weeks into Ross Exler’s solo paddling-plus-biking expedition to cross all of Africa’s Great Lakes, unsupported under human power. I have finished Lake Malawi, the first of the ...

Malawi, in southeastern Africa, is often confused with Mali, or even the Maldives in the Indian Ocean — but it is working hard right now to change that. On my one visit there about 20 years ago I ...

Beautiful Africa beats to a rhythm all its own. Home to lakes, landscapes, wildlife, and warm people, the lure of this great continent conjures up fanciful daydreams of travel adventures. Beautiful ...

Night in the African bush falls like a portcullis. Dusk is a leisurely curtain call of deep reds and glowing umber but then, as if a switch were flicked, the light exits stage west, sucking every drop ...

These 12 lakes go to all the right extremes—highest, deepest, clearest—and showcase nature at its most spectacular. Soak up the views from a boat, a cable car, a trailhead, or a castle tower. Home to ...

In August 2012, the World Heritage Centre and IUCN received information about oil exploration activities in Lake Malawi which may threaten the ecological integrity of the property and its unique ...

These 12 lakes go to all the right extremes — highest, deepest, clearest — and showcase nature at its most spectacular. Soak up the views from a boat, a cable car, a trailhead, or a castle tower.