{"id":1085,"date":"2019-05-31T06:59:54","date_gmt":"2019-05-31T04:59:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofm.mt\/ofmmt\/?p=1085"},"modified":"2019-05-31T07:09:50","modified_gmt":"2019-05-31T05:09:50","slug":"il-frangiskani-maltin-fi-stqarrija-dwar-it-trattament-tal-ambjent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofm.mt\/ofmmt\/il-frangiskani-maltin-fi-stqarrija-dwar-it-trattament-tal-ambjent\/","title":{"rendered":"Il-Fran\u0121iskani Maltin fi stqarrija dwar it-trattament tal-ambjent"},"content":{"rendered":"

(English Version below)<\/em><\/p>\n

Dan il-grupp ta\u2019 NGOs, u entitajiet alkademi\u010bi, li g\u0127andhom g\u0127al qalbhom is-socjeta u l-wirt naturali u kulturali ta\u2019 Malta, ng\u0127aqqdu flimkien biex jesprimu t-t\u0127assib serju tag\u0127hom dwar l-istat tal-ambjent, u l-prospett tal-futur ta\u2019 Malta u G\u0127awdex.<\/p>\n

1. Nature Trust Malta
\n2. Din l-Art \u0126elwa
\n3. Moviment Graffiti
\n4. Flimkien g\u0127all-Ambjent A\u0127jar
\n5. Professional Diving Schools Association Islands of Malta
\n6. Grow 10 Trees
\n7. Malta Energy Efficient and Renewable Energies Association
\n8. Repubblika
\n9. Franciscan Friars. Malta
\n10. The Biological Conservation Research Foundation
\n11. The Faculty for the Built Environment<\/p>\n

Politika ta\u2019 Ippjanar \u017cbaljata jew abu\u017cata<\/strong><\/p>\n

In-nies tilfu l-fidu\u010bja fl-istrate\u0121iji tal-gvern dwar l-ambjent ta\u2019 madwarna, u, partikolarment, fl-Awtorita\u2019 tal-Ippjanar (PA). Darba wara l-o\u0127ra l-PA adottat politika (policies) li g\u0127andha difetti serji, per e\u017cempju l-politika dwar ir-rilokazzjoni ta\u2019 Pompi tal-Petrol \u2013 li, fl-a\u0127\u0127ar, \u0121iet rikonoxxuta minn kul\u0127add b\u0127ala \u017cbaljata, imma li min\u0127abba t-tkarkir tas-saqajn biex il-politika tinbidel mill-awtoritajiet responsabbli, xorta g\u0127ada tintu\u017ca b\u0127ala \u0121ustifikazzjoni li pompa wa\u0127edha, fil-qalba tar-ra\u0127al, tinbidel fi 3000 metru kwadru ta\u2019 spekulazzjoni, barra mi\u017c-\u017bona tal-I\u017cvilupp. L-a\u0127\u0127ar de\u010bi\u017cjoni tal-Awtorita\u2019 approvat proposta biex jirdoppja l-volum ta\u2019 \u201cfish farm\u201d, li kul\u0127add kien jaf kien ilhu jopera illegalment fl-istess sit. Il-kundizzjoni tal-Awtorita\u2019 hi li \u2013 \u201cbasta ma ji\u017cdiedx in- numru ta\u2019 \u0127ut li jitkabbar fihom\u201d \u2013 tkompli f\u2019sensiela li jwasslu li kwalunkwe politika ambjentali l-anqas tiswa\u2019 l-linka li biha miktuba. Dawn id-de\u010bi\u017cjonijiet i\u0127ajjru lill-i\u017cviluppaturi biex ja\u0127sbu li kollox huwa possibbli \u2013 lukanda fuq is-sit fejn kien hemm il-\u201cFlower Power\u201d; djar fuq siti ta\u2019 importanza arkaeolo\u0121ika, b\u0127al Tal-Qares, il-Mosta; bini fuq \u0121onna stori\u010bi \u0121o \u0126al-Balzan u l-Mosta; \u201cyoga hotel\u201d barra l-Qala \u2013 g\u0127aliex dak li wie\u0127ed normalment ma tistax to\u0127olmu \u0127afna drabi jsib xi politika mo\u0127bija li tippermettieh.<\/p>\n

L-ironija hi li l-gvern qed jissu\u0121\u0121erixxi li jsiru msa\u0121ar kbar f\u2019Beng\u0127ajsa u f\u2019Ta\u2019 Qali meta min-na\u0127a l-o\u0127ra \u017camm ir-Razzjonalizzazzjoni ta\u017c-\u017boni ta\u2019 \u017bvilupp li sar fl-2006, minnflok \u0127assarhom. Din ir-Razzjonalizzazzjoni tag\u0127mel \u0127afna \u0127sara lil meded kbar ta\u2019 art rurali. L-ispazji miftu\u0127in tag\u0127na huma kontinwament mheddha minn \u017cvilupp biex jinbnew djar, jew parke\u0121\u0121i, jew biex jitwesg\u0127u toroq bla sens. Dan wassal g\u0127al tnaqqis fil-kwalita\u2019 tal-arja, u d-degradazzjoni tal-ilma tal-pjan, kif ukoll \u0127sara lis-sa\u0127\u0127a mentali u fi\u017cika ta\u2019 nies li jg\u0127ixu f\u2019pajji\u017c li g\u0127andu fost l-og\u0127la numru ta\u2019 abitanti kull metru kwadru fid-dinja.<\/p>\n

Nindirizzaw il-problema tat-traffiku b\u2019mod \u0127olistiku<\/strong><\/p>\n

Meded kbar ta\u2019 art agrikola (li g\u0127adna ma nafux kemm) qed jing\u0127ataw it-tarmak b\u0127ala parti minn kampanja ta\u2019 twessieg\u0127 tat-toroq, bl-awtoritajiet jevitaw kemm il-\u0127tie\u0121a ta\u2019 permessi g\u0127all-i\u017cvilupp kif ukoll l-istudji dwar l-impatt ta\u2019 dan it-twessieg\u0127. Kull sewwieq jaf li t-twessieg\u0127 tat- toroq jwassal biex il-problema tal-kon\u0121estjoni timxi minn post g\u0127al ie\u0127or, u g\u0127alhekk il-benefi\u010bju tat-twessieg\u0127 m\u2019g\u0127andux \u0127ajja twila. Il-problema tal-kon\u0121estjoni tat-traffiku mhux qed ti\u0121i studjatha b\u2019mod \u0127olistiku. Sistemi alternattivi ta\u2019 trasport mhux qed jing\u0127ataw l-importanza li\u00a0\u0127aqqhom, u fid-di\u017cinn tat-toroq m\u2019hemmx \u0127sieb serju dwar il-possibilta\u2019 tal-u\u017cu ta\u2019 roti. Tajjeb li\u00a0wie\u0127ed jaspira lejn trasport pubbliku b\u2019xejn, pero jekk ma jkunx hemm qab\u017ca fondamentali lejn l-u\u017cu ta\u2019 trasport pubbliku, il-possibilta\u2019 li jitnaqqsu il-karozzi fit-triq tibqa\u2019 \u0127idma impossibbli. It- trasport pubbliku jibqa\u2019 mod ineffi\u010bjenti g\u0127an-nies.<\/p>\n

L-Ambjent Naturali<\/strong><\/p>\n

Il-problema ta\u2019 spe\u010bi inva\u017civi, li jinkludu kemm pjanti (per e\u017cempju il-\u201cFountain Grass\u201d, Penisetum sp.) kif ukoll annimali (per e\u017cempju l-gamblu ta\u2019 l-ilma \u0127elu, Procambarus clarkii ) qed ti\u0121i njoratha; l-ERA, li hija l-a\u0121enzija ewlenija responsabbli ta\u2019 dawn il-kwistjonijiet, g\u0127andha nuqqas kbar ta\u2019 risorsi umani. Ma jitwemminx kif l-ambjent tal-ba\u0127ar huwa kwa\u017ci minsi. Il-ba\u0127ar huwa ri\u017cors importanti g\u0127all-ekonomija tag\u0127na, mhux biss f\u2019termini ta\u2019 sajd, imma anke ta\u2019 turi\u017cmu u rikreazzjoni. A\u0127na l-NGOs nfa\u0127\u0127ru l-isforzi u l-kampanji li saru biex jitnaqqas l-iskart tal-plastik li jispi\u010b\u010ba l-ba\u0127ar. Imma nkwetati li r-riklamazzjoni tal-art mill-ba\u0127ar qeg\u0127dha ti\u0121i ppre\u017centatha b\u0127ala soluzzjoni biex tg\u0127in lill-ambjent. Minkejja din l-azzjoni \u0121iet adottatha f\u2019pajji\u017ci o\u0127ra, g\u0127adna ma rajna l-ebda \u0121ustifikazzjoni valida g\u0127aliha f\u2019Malta \u0127lief sabiex ittaffi l-problema tal-iskart i\u0121\u0121enerat mill-industrija tal-bini. Min\u0127abba li r-reklamazzjoni g\u0127anda impatt devastanti fuq il-\u0127ajja u l-biodiversita\u2019 tal-ba\u0127ar, jkun aktar g\u0127aqli kieku nistudjaw sew kif jista\u2019 ji\u0121i evitat il-b\u017conn\u00a0ta\u2019 eskavar, nistudjaw metodi a\u0127jar ta\u2019 kif neskavaw, u ta\u2019 kif nirri\u010biklaw l-iskart mill-eskavar. A\u0127na, l-NGO\u2019s g\u0127adna xetti\u010bi li l-pro\u0121etti ta\u2019 riklamazzjoni tal-art mill-ba\u0127ar m\u2019humiex skuza sabiex xi u\u0127ud fl-industrija tal-bini jgawdu minnha. Meta kul\u0127add fid-dinja jinkwieta dwar il-fatt li t-tibdil fil-klima jwassal g\u0127all-bidla fil-livell tal-ba\u0127ar u g\u0127all-maltempati aktar qalila u frekwenti, kemm hu g\u0127aqli g\u0127al Malta li \u017c\u017cid il-firxa tal-art tag\u0127ha f\u2019in\u0127awi li huma esposti g\u0127all-irjie\u0127 tal- Majjistral u l-Grigal?<\/p>\n

In-nies xebg\u0127u mill-pro\u0121etti li ji\u0121u m\u0127abbra qabel l-elezzjonijiet, li \u0127afna drabi ma jkunux ma\u0127suba bir-reqqa, wisq anqas sostennibli. Flok li jtejbu l-kwalita\u2019 tal-\u0127ajja u l-kwalita\u2019 tal-ambjent, dawn il-pro\u0121etti ikollhom impatt negattiv fuq kul\u0127add. A\u0127na l-NGOs n\u0127e\u0121\u0121u l-partiti politi\u010bi kollha, u spe\u010bjalment il-Gvern, biex jag\u0127tu valur sin\u010bier lill-wirt naturali u kulturali tag\u0127na, billi jfasslu politika u pjanijiet fit-tul ibba\u017cati fuq principji verament sostenibbli, biex jassiguraw li l-\u0121enerazzjonijiet ta\u2019 warajna jistg\u0127u jgawdu dak il-ftit li se jibqa\u2019 jekk ma nibdlux d-direzzjoni.<\/p>\n

\nEnglish Version<\/span><\/em><\/pre>\n
Serious Environment Concerns<\/strong><\/p>\n
The following group of NGOs and academic bodies, passionate about the health of society and the natural and cultural heritage of Malta, have come together to voice their serious concern at the state of the environment, and the island\u2019s prospects for the future:<\/p>\n
1. Nature Trust Malta
\n2. Din l-Art \u0126elwa
\n3. Moviment Graffiti
\n4. Flimkien g\u0127all-Ambjent A\u0127jar
\n5. Professional Diving Schools Association Islands of Malta
\n6. Grow 10 Trees
\n7. Malta Energy Efficient and Renewablr Energies Association
\n8. Repubblika
\n9. Franciscan Friars. Malta
\n10. The Biological Conservation Research Foundation
\n11. The Faculty for the Built Environment<\/p>\n
Wrong and Abused Planning Policies<\/strong><\/p>\n
People have lost faith in governmental strategies for our environment, and particularly in the Planning Authority. The PA has repeatedly adopted seriously flawed policies, such as the Fuel Stations Relocation Policy \u2013which is now finally universally acknowledged as wrong, but which, given the dragging of feet for revision by the responsible authorities, is still being used to justify the replacement of a solitary petrol pump, within urban areas, with 3000 sq.m. of speculation outside development zones. The recent approval to allow the doubling of the size of fish farms, that were acknowledged to have already been working illegally \u2013 \u201cas long as the same amount of tuna are kept\u201d- is the latest of Planning Authority decisions that render environmental policies a dead letter. These decisions encourage developers to think that anything is possible,- a hotel on the former Flower Power site, houses on archaeologically- sensitive sites, such as Tal-Qares in Mosta, building over heritage gardens in Balzan and Mosta, a yoga hotel in Qala \u2013 because often the unthinkable finds favour in some obscure policy. The Government is justifiably flaunting the creation of much needed large landscaped spaces, at Benghajsa and Ta\u2019 Qali, but it seems to brush aside the fact that it has nevertheless accepted, retained and attempted to justify the 2006 Rationalized Development Zones rather than retracting them. Open spaces are under constant threat from development, to accommodate housing units or\u00a0car parks, or senseless road-widening. Not only has this led to a degradation of air quality, and a declining aquifer water supply, but threatens the mental and physical well-being of people living in a country with one of the higher densities in the world.<\/p>\n
Addressing traffic problems holistically<\/strong><\/p>\n
Large tracts of agricultural land (which are still to be quantified) are being tarmacked over under the guise of road-widening projects, with the relative authorities skirting even the need for planning permission, and appropriate impact studies. Such road-widening schemes are short-sighted, since as every driver is aware, road widening simply shifts traffic bottlenecks from one point to another. The issue of traffic congestion is not being tackled holistically. Alternative forms of transport are not being actively studied, and bicycle use is still not being taken seriously in road design. The direction towards free public transport is welcome, but until a modal shift to public transport is made, reducing cars on the road will remain a gargantuan task, and buses will remain an inefficient mode of transport for commuters.<\/p>\n
Natural Environment<\/strong><\/p>\n
The issue of invasive species, including both plants (such as the Fountain Grass, Penisetum sp) and animals (such as the crayfish, Procambarus clarkii) is being overlooked; ERA, the main agency responsible for addressing such problems suffers from a serious lack of human resources. The disregard of our marine environment is incredible. The sea is a fundamental part of our economy, not just in terms of fishery resources, but also of recreation and tourism. NGOs applaud the efforts and campaigns to reduce plastic litter, which ends up in the sea. But we are concerned that land reclamation is being promoted as a means for helping the environment; although adopted in other countries, no justification has been made for Malta, other than a proposal to resolve the issue of the massive volume of excavation waste. Given the devastation that land reclamation will have on marine habitats and biodiversity, it would be more appropriate to study the reduction of the need to excavate, or the way we excavate, or even to recycle the excavated waste. We NGO\u2019s remain unconvinced that land reclamation is not a big real estate opportunity for some. At a time when everybody is worried about rising sea-levels, it would be foolhardy to increase land footprint which would be prone to flooding, particularly where exposed to the North East and North West winds.<\/p>\n
People have had their fill of pre-electoral flash announcements, which are inevitably short- term, barely sustainable, projects, which will not mitigate the long-term negative impacts on our well-being and our islands. We NGOs urge all political parties, and especially the Government, to sincerely valorise our natural and cultural heritage within truly sustainable and long-term plans and policies, to ensure that future generations can enjoy the little that will be left, unless we change direction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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