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23rd June 2008
Press
Release - Mistra High-rise Project violates key MEPA, EU and Sustainability
Policies
- 19th June 2008
Flimkien
għal Ambjent Aħjar (FAA) welcomes the appointment of
a new MEPA Chairman and augurs that the speedy implementation
of MEPA reform will enable the new Chairman to ensure a level
playing field for both developers and residents, consistency
in decisions and sustainable planning for Malta’s future
needs.
FAA fails to understand how a decision as important as the Mistra high-rise development could have been taken just prior to the takeover of the new Chairman, and to the imminent MEPA reform. (click here to read more).
Events
- Course on Basic Marine Biology - Institute of Environmental
Studies - 15th to 21st July 2008
The
Institute for Environmental Studies is pleased to announce
that the course "Basic Marine Biology I" is to be
held between the 15th and 21st July, 2008. This introductory
course is designed for participants interested to learn
more about the marine environment, and provides basic
knowledge on the diversity of marine life and important
habitats, human impacts and conservation aspects of the marine
environment.
13th June 2008
FAA
Newsletter - 11th June 2008
We're
back after a traumatic week. The MEPA Board's unprecedented
processing of two mega-projects in one day with only two days'
warning had us scrambling to prepare our presentations, only
to be told that we had 5 and 8 minutes respectively to explain
our stand on Fort Cambridge and Mistra, projects that are
going to last for more than a lifetime.
5th June 2008
Press
Release - Fort Cambridge and Mistra, communities at risk - 4th
June 2008
In
an unprecedented move, MEPA is going to decide on not one, but two
major project that are going to seal the fate of a town, a seaside
community and a main thoroughfare, with irreversible impacts for
all Malta.
The Fort Cambridge project proposes to add around 370 apartments to the Tigne peninsula; if the Fort Cambridge, Townsquare and the extra MIDI blocks are approved, it will mean the addition of over 1,800 new apartments in about seven years within the square kilometre of Qui si-Sana/Tigne, set in an area that has over 4,500 vacant homes.
All the above scenarios are repeated in the Mistra mega-project application which is to be discussed in the afternoon. FAA maintains that it is not possible to justify a project to create 868 new apartments in an area having 9,000 empty properties. (click here to read more).
2nd
June 2008
Complaints and Petitions to the European Commission and European Parliament
Each Member State is responsible for the implementation of Community law (adoption of implementing measures before a specified deadline, conformity and correct application) within its own legal system. Under the Treaties, the Commission of the European Communities is responsible for ensuring that Community law is correctly applied. (click here to read more).
28th May 2008
Press
Release -
Control of political finances for sustainable planning
Flimkien
għal Ambjent Aħjar (FAA) is gratified that not only
has the Prime Minister highlighted the importance of
sustainable development and the need for MEPA reform in his
recent Parliamentary speech, but has also confirmed the
Government’s commitment to regularise political party
funding.
Events
- Course on Wildlife and Habitats of the Maltese Islands - 18th to
27th June 2008
The
Institute for Environmental Studies is pleased to announce that
the course "Wildlife and Habitats of the Maltese
Islands" is being held between 18th and 27th June, 2008. This
is an introductory course and does not assume any knowledge of the habitats
of the
19th May 2008
Press
Release - Smoking Buses
Flimkien għal Ambjent Aħjar (FAA) wholeheartedly supports the firm stand taken by Government as regards bus owners who insist on defying the authorities by refusing to allow their buses to be tested for fuel emissions. The arrogant attitude of the Public Transport Association is not to be tolerated and it is time that the pollution caused by these buses is eradicated. (click here to read more).
Cultural
Heritage Act
ACT VI of 2002, as amended by Acts XVIII of 2002, II of 2005 and XXXII of 2007; and Legal Notice 426 of 2007.
To make provision in place of the Antiquities (Protection) Act, Cap. 54 for the superintendence, conservation and management of cultural heritage in Malta and for matters ancillary thereto or connected therewith.(click
here to read more).
Habitats
Directive
Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora.(click here to read more).
16th May 2008
Art Exhibition by C.S. Lawrence extended for another weekend
The
C.S. Lawrence ‘Synergy’ Art Exhibition taking place at the
Sinclair Stevenson art Gallery in Gozo has been a great
success. The Opening was very well attended with viewers
remarking the artist’s outstanding mastery of a wide range
of subjects and styles. Proceeds from C.S. Lawrence’s
exhibition are going to Flimkien għal Ambjent Aħjar,
the Friends of the Sick and Elderly and Oasi, and the good
news is that the exhibition is being extended for another
weekend so we do urge you to drop in if you are in Gozo as
it’s a really wonderful artistic treat.
FAA
Newsletter - 15th May 2008
In
January 2007 FAA opened a court case challenging the
illegality of these Local Plans along with the Rationalisation
plans, but as such court proceedings tend to be very slow, we
are also tackling individual areas where we feel the damage is
greatest. One of these areas of concern is Attard’s
pjazza Fgieni, which had been scheduled as a Public Open Area
and subsequently re-zoned as a development area.(click
here to read more).
30th April 2008
Press
Release - Another Damaging Development Project in the Pipeline
- 25th April 2008
Flimkien għal Ambjent Aħjar (FAA) regrets to note that another highly damaging development project has been requested that clearly violates Outside Development Zone (ODZ) regulations. The Mellieha Bay Hotel, owned by Albert Mizzi’s family company, has applied for the construction of 98 bungalows on the Mellieha ridge, which, if permitted would be another serious blow to the Maltese Natural Environment.(click here to read more).
North Pole could be ice free in 2008 -
Catherine Brahic - NewScientist.com news service
- 25th April 2008
You know when climate change is biting hard when instead of a vast expanse of snow the North Pole is a vast expanse of water. This year, for the first time, Arctic scientists are preparing for that possibility.(click here to read more).
FAA
newsletter - 29th April 2008
As
part of our effort to recognise your support of Flimkien għal
Ambjent Aħjar (FAA) and environmental protection in
general, we setting up a system by which registered FAA
members will benefit from Opening Night previews of some of
the best art exhibitions being held in Malta, as well as
significant discounts at environment courses which may
interest you.(click
here to read more).
FAA
would like to encourage you to write your own letters in the newspapers
focussing on the different aspects of the above issue. We have compiled
a list of the email addresses of the newspapers and are posting
it on our website for your ease of reference. Click here
to see this list
Haven't signed
the Quality of Life petition yet? Click here to print Maltese
version or English
Version.
Please note that this is NOT an online
petition but has to be printed first and signed.
If you know others who would be interested in signing, please inform them as well and return all signed petitions to:
PO
Box 41,
Sliema Post Office, SLM 01
Malta