Four ministers on Sunday inaugurated €1 million worth of restoration works, including the installation of photovoltaic panels, at the abattoir in Marsa.&nb
The Environment and Resources Authority board meeting minutes (October 9, 2020) regarding the destruction of trees at Dingli reveal that the ERA vice chairman “suggested that such permission ought to be assembled in a holistic process”.
Chair Victor Axiak agreed with such a suggestion but added “that one should only be limited to ERA’s responsibility so far”. And the permit was granted.
Imagine a marine biologist saying that the reclamation of part of the sea does not concern the marine flora and fauna. It only concerns the removal of water!
ERA feels that the Dingli trees are not part of an ecosystem. The impact on other dependent fauna and flora, such as birds and pollinators, and their contribution to control climate change added to the negative impacts on the farming community and the residents are of no concern to the ERA board.