The project that aims to raise environmental awareness in the areas of land tenure, environmental law and natural resources management in Lago district, through advocacy campaigns; the region is a hotspot with a high biodiversity richness with many endemic species of Lake Niassa/Malawi and a variety of wildlife species in regions forest patches, its also a transition zone towards the Niassa Game Reserve; although the region is not densely populated most of the effects of land degradation and pollution are caused by illegal gold mine diggers, logging, uncontrolled bushfires and extensive farming; the project will limit these destructive practices and promote sustainable resource use while enabling set up of collaborative management committees.