Every morning Shaban Mtila pushes his motorboat into Chia Lagoon in Nkhotakota District, it meets resistance not from harsh winds or waves, but thick, drifting vegetation that has clogged the waterbody. Floating plants have choked what were once open channels for the fisherfolk. In many stretches, the fisher’s boat cannot pass at all. Mtila and his crew have to navigate the green blockade every day. “The situation affects our fishing community,…
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