The Community Development and Knowledge Management for the Satoyama Initiative (COMDEKS) Project is a unique global project implemented by UNDP as the flagship of the International Partnership for the Satoyama Initiative (IPSI). The COMDEKS Project has partnered with the Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Bunda College in Malawi with the aim of maintaining, rebuilding and revitalizing the Tukombo-Kande landscape. Here, the survival of one mature tree is a testament to the land degradation that has occurred in the Tukombo-Kande region.