How to mistreat a coastal zone

Abstract

Malta’s coastal zones suffer an onslaught during summer, mainly due to the sheer number of people visiting the seaside and the lack of sandy beaches on the Maltese islands, but also due to the complete lack of management measures to regulate what turns into completely undisciplined behaviour. Haphazard parking of vehicles directly on the sandy beach (at Ġnejna), on the rocky shore (at Little Armier), on garigue (at Paradise Bay), in clayey fields (at Għajn Tuffieħa) and on sand dune remnants (at Little Armier), for example, are causing ecological damage to these coastal areas due to the current complete lack of management.