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Air pollution reaches shocking levels in the Grand Harbour
October 25, 2021 1:32 pmMeasurements of air quality taken in the past weeks in shipping activity hotspots in Malta revealed concentrations up to 100-200...
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Framework Law allowing finch trapping repealed
October 14, 2021 5:31 pmBirdLife Malta has just found out that following yesterday’s decision by the ORNIS Committee not to recommend the opening of...
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Malta needs to solve the illegal hunting problem
October 4, 2021 12:49 pmBirdLife Malta is urging the Government of Malta to reinitiate the verification process of stuffed protected bird collections that had...
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BirdLife Malta asks for Qawra Point to become a no-hunting zone
October 2, 2021 2:48 pmThe massacre, this morning, of four Greater Flamingos which were illegally shot down by a hunter at Qawra Point amplifies...
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Peak migration of birds of prey greeted with massacre
September 25, 2021 1:11 pmSouth-westerly winds yesterday favoured a peak in observed migration of birds of prey, with BirdLife Malta and Committee Against Bird...
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Highly protected Egyptian Vulture’s migration cut short over Malta
September 15, 2021 4:38 pmAn Egyptian Vulture from an Italian conservation reintroduction programme in Italy, which landed in the Maltese Islands yesterday to rest,...
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BirdLife Malta calls on Government to protect birds during migration
September 1, 2021 8:06 amAs the summer months come to an end, and with colder temperatures starting to be felt in northern Europe, birds...
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Government’s refusal to control hunting of the endangered Gamiema reveals a cosmetic approach to environmental protection
August 18, 2021 12:58 pmAt an ORNIS Committee meeting held today 18th August, BirdLife Malta made it clear that the proposed quota of 500...
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Malta will have to reduce hunting bag limit on turtle-dove from this autumn
August 11, 2021 11:22 amBirdLife Malta welcomes the decision by the European Commission to regulate hunting on the vulnerable European Turtle-dove during autumn. Following...
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Mediterranean-wide collaboration to improve conservation status of two endemic seabird species launched
June 17, 2021 5:30 pmBirdLife Malta has today launched another EU-funded scientific study which aims to improve the conservation status of two endemic seabird...
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