Campaigns

10 Oct 2011

End of the road for the Bluefin tuna

Din l-Art Helwa Press Release 2 November 2009   The Bluefin tuna is heading for imminent extinction if international trading of the species is not completely stopped for a few years so that the breeding stock can build itself back up to...

10 Oct 2011

Illegal tuna fishing persists south of Malta – Oceana

The Malta Independent, 20th June 2008, by David Lindsay – International marine conservation group Oceana yesterday reported it had collected evidence that Italian, Turkish, Tunisian and Libyan vessels continue to fish tuna with purse seine nets despite the season having...

10 Oct 2011

Marine Photography Competition

In June 2007, Din l-Art Helwa organised a photographic competition with the aim of raising awareness of our marine environment, as part of Din l-Art Helwa’s Blue Campaign. Dr Stanley Farrugia Randon organised the competition, and judged the entries together...

10 Oct 2011

Ghadira road plans include car parks

Times of Malta, 29 November 2008, by Cynthia Busuttil Two car parks will be built on either end of the popular Għadira bay if the government goes ahead with its plan to replace the existing road, The Times has learned. The Transport...

05 Oct 2011

Mepa panel shoots down re-routing of Ghadira road

Maltatoday, 17 February 2010, by James Debono Any possible benefits which could arise from removal of the existing Ghadira road are “more than nullified” by negative impacts on the natural heritage, a report by MEPA’s Natural Heritage Panel (NHAC) says. The claim...

05 Oct 2011

Ghadira road studies going ahead

Times of Malta 23 January 2010, by Kurt Sansone – The controversial Għadira road project may have been temporarily shelved but the environmental studies on the government’s four applications are expected to continue. The Malta Environment and Planning Authroity is preparing the guidelines for...

05 Oct 2011

Kappara to replace Ghadira for EU road funds

Times of Malta, 31st October 2009, by Kurt Sansone The controversial plan to build a road in Għadira has been shelved for now and the EU funds earmarked for the project will be redirected towards the construction of a new junction...