Campaigns

03 Apr 2015

Access by families to the Countryside: large majority against hunting on weekends and school holidays

Din l-Art Ħelwa’s ‘Save the Countryside’ survey (Part 2): Din l-Art Ħelwa’s ‘Save the Countryside’ campaign has conducted a survey of the Maltese population’s views on the Countryside in collaboration with MISCO International. Certain key results dealing with Hunting and Trapping were published last week. Other key results linked to Hunting and Trapping are the following: Importance of the Countryside for Maltese...

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02 Apr 2015

‘Rights of Spring’

There are many of us ashamed of this wish to kill and who cringe at the thought that the authorities can allow a practice that utterly disgraces our nation’s honour. ...

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09 Jan 2015

Interviews with Guido Bonett and Alfred E. Baldacchino – Save the Countryside campaign

ENVIRONMENTALISTS ARGUE WEAKNESS OF GOVERNMENTS ON ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES 22nd December 2014 – the Malta Independent Read the full article in the online edition here. “The environment is nothing but a buzzword for politicians on both sides, a buzzword used by them to sound nice and be popular”, Environment photographer Guido Bonett told The Malta Independent. “In my opinion, we...

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16 Dec 2014

Interview with Alan Deidun – Save the Countryside

  Dumping used as a scheme by developers to get permits 16th December 2014 Garbage dumped in green areas is sometimes used as part of a hidden scheme by developers in order to get permission to build up those areas, Professor Alan Deidun tells Kevin Schembri Orland Developers are dumping in green areas to degrade the area to help facilitate...

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16 Jun 2014

‘The environment is not a minority interest’, by Petra Caruana Dingli

I hope that the debate about the spring hunting referendum does not descend into a sideshow about the definition of minorities, or into an absurd discussion in parliament about the unassailable human right to have a hobby, play bocci, go sailing or own a horse. Let’s not miss the wood for the trees. The referendum is about spring hunting, which is...

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18 Mar 2014

Risk report on Delimara gas power station still withheld from the public and other risk studies still not completed

Press Release 18th March 2014 Din l-Art Helwa questions why the government has still not published a risk analysis report which relates to the Delimara gas storage tanker to be located in Marsaxlokk Bay. Din l-Art Helwa has requested this report by Umberto Maffezzoli from the authorities, but it has not yet been published. This report was commissioned by the Occupational...

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