Malawi is endowed with a rich and diverse wildlife resource base that provides the much-needed ecosystem services and goods for the socio-economic development of the country. The Malawi Growth and Development Strategy III (MGDS III) identifies wildlife as one of the sectors that could potentially contribute to the sustainable economic growth of the country, and calls for the conservation and management of wildlife in protected areas and outside natural habitats.
The National Wildlife Policy provides the framework within which all Government institutions, the private sector, local communities, development partners, civil society, and all other stakeholders in the wildlife conservation industry must operate in order to sustainably conserve and develop the wildlife resource base for the national sustainable socio-economic growth.