Proposals for Coastline Hotels Violate the Law and Lack Vision
The proposal to build three hotels, ruining the beautiful Xghajra-Mwiegel-San Anard-Zonqor coastline by further cementification, instead of rehabilitating it ecologically, is of grave concern. A hotel at Smart City could make sense, and a...
The Armier “boat-houses”
E-NGOs Ramblers Association, Flimkien għal Ambjent Aħjar and Friends of the Earth, note that Dr Michael Falzon, Parliamentary Secretary for the Environment, has recently stated that Government has in the last months talked to the...
EU Funds used for Tree Destruction in Gozo
Destruction of Trees at Nadur In 2006 the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) launched a campaign to plant one billion trees to reverse sustainability problems. By 2009, 7 billion trees had been planted including in London,...
Gozo Airstrip – Studies Needed
Flimkien għal Ambjent Aħjar appreciates Gozitans’ need for improved accessibility, that is why it had proposed free preferential ferry-boarding for bona-fide Gozo residents. The plans to create a new airstrip at Xewkija need to be studied...
Illegal Land Grab Amounts to Theft
Comino – public land up for grabs (please sign our petition hereunder) MEPA’s Structure Plan states: “The countryside and the coast are two of the nation’s most valuable natural resources. Recognising this, the Planning...
Speak up over land ‘theft’
Few people realise that the Maltese Constitution pledges that “the State shall safeguard the landscape”. Mepa policies are full of nuggets of wisdom, including “within the designated natural coastal areas… no urban development...
Montekristo Estate Zoo
Eight Environment NGOs condemn the way illegalities are ignored by the authorities The Environment NGOs – Birdlife Malta, Flimkien għal Ambjent Aħjar, Friends of the Earth Malta, Gaia Foundation, Malta Organic Agriculture Movement,...
Marsamxett Breakwater : Yacht Marina, or Boat-park and More Traffic?
The construction of a breakwater at Marsamxett has been mooted as one of the projects to be handled by the Chinese Government. Before the proposed Sliema breakwater project can be seriously considered, meticulous studies need to be carried...
Abuse at San Blas Ignored
San Blas Bay, Gozo Environment groups Flimkien għal Ambjent Aħjar, Friends of the Earth (Malta) and Ramblers Association state that the illegal development taking place at San Blas Gozo gives rise to grave concern at many levels. The...
The Implications of the Tall Buildings Policy
Yet again, a Maltese Government has reached into the dirty tricks bag to launch an unsustainable policy at a time when the public is distracted by an election, with no second public consultation to assess changes to the original draft. In...