Chiweta Forest is an area located in Rumphi District, Malawi. Politically, it falls within the north constituency It is to the east of longitude 34010’E and north of latitude 10045’S. It covers an area of 84.6 hectares. Politically, it falls within the north constituency. The area borders Lake Malawi at Chiweta and is also part of the South Uzumara (GoM,1977). Geologically, it is within the Livingstonia coalfield (Kemp, 1975; GoM, 1975). The area is within the bound of (M1) Mzuzu Karonga road (Fig.`1). The nearby area of Livingstonia is located 19 km away from Chiweta. To the east of chiweta is the boundary with the beautiful Lake Malawi. The majority of local villagers earn their living by fishing and subsistence farming. Chiweta has an estimate population of 45,000 people with the majority of local villagers earning their livelihood by fishing and subsistence farming (Msilimba, 2007).