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A spring hunting season designed to target the protected Turtle Dove
February 28, 2018 2:35 pmGovernment ignores ERA advice and scientific data; bends over backwards to accommodate hunting lobby Change in season dates increases risk...
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BirdLife Malta and MCAST sign Memorandum of Understanding to enhance partnership
February 20, 2018 3:59 pmToday, BirdLife Malta and the Malta College of Arts, Science and Technology (MCAST) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) aimed...
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Institute for Education and BirdLife Malta launch new environmental teaching course
February 15, 2018 3:04 pmThe Institute for Education has launched a new course aimed at primary school teachers in delivering outdoor learning through nature....
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Worst autumn hunting season for illegalities comes to an end
February 1, 2018 9:53 amThe 2017-2018 autumn hunting season which came to a close yesterday was the worst one for illegalities in the past...
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Proposed development of apartment block opposite Simar Nature Reserve not in line with existing policies
January 29, 2018 11:17 amBirdLife Malta wrote an open letter today to Environment and Resources Authority (ERA) Chairman Victor Axiak and Planning Authority (PA)...
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Environmental damage caused by trapping unknown and at times seemingly sanctioned
January 27, 2018 8:21 amThe sprawl of trapping sites that has characterised trapping seasons over the past years has resulted in unaccounted destruction of...
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This year’s unsupervised finch trapping season: a catch and trade business
January 13, 2018 8:20 amEvidence collected by BirdLife Malta indicates that enforcement has been slow and at times absent in the last trapping season,...
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Back to the status quo on environment
December 18, 2017 4:54 pmToday both major political parties took the country back to the situation of status quo we had before 2004. This...
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All political parties should support the Majjistral Park parliamentary motion
December 16, 2017 4:24 pmOn Monday Malta’s Parliament will debate and vote on the motion tabled by Partit Demokratiku’s MP Godfrey Farrugia against the...
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Law and order in Malta’s countryside inexistent, BirdLife Malta calls on Prime Minister to place environment as a priority
December 13, 2017 9:10 amAs Malta’s largest environmental NGO, BirdLife Malta today states that there is a breakdown in the enforcement of environmental laws...
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