In her letter of the 1 st November (Uprooting of Trees), Ms Sylvana Debono, MEPA Spokesperson, agreed that Aleppo Pines are protected but still insists that “Flimkien ghal Ambjent ahjar” (FAA) was incorrect in implying that the uprooting of Aleppo pines in Mdina Road was illegal.
Aleppo pines are protected under Schedule......
Flimkien Ghall Ambjent Ahjar would like to commend MEPA for the recent scheduling of the salt-water wetlands of tal-Maghluq and is-Simar, areas which support unique ecosystems which would eventually be lost without such scheduling.
The environment NGO would also particularly like to show its support for MEPA’s action in pulling......
In an area where two landslides provoked by injudicious excavations have already taken place, the inconceivable has happened, a third landslide has been allowed to take place. This large site backed by unstable rock (gebel tafli) at Xemxija was an accident waiting to happen, raising consternation over the past weeks; the only......
NGOs and residents file court case against Rationalisation Plans
Four environment NGOs, Flimkien ghal Ambjent Ahjar, Friends of the Earth, Ramblers and Graffitti, along with residents from all over Malta and Gozo whose homes have been affected by the Government Rationalisation Plans, last week filed a court case against the Chairman of MEPA and the three members of the Strategic Environment......
