Custodia terrae : a decade of safeguarding Malta’s natural future

Abstract

Table of Contents:

- Prologue : a decade of change as a stepping stone for the future - Vincent Cassar;

- Executive thought : an environmental agency in a modern era - Kevin Mercieca;

- Introduction: conceptualising change and the environment - Saviour Formosa, Vincent Cassar, Stephanie Fabri, Kurt Farrugia, Janice Formosa Pace, Suzanne Gauci, Emmanuel Sinagra

- Posidonia oceanica banquettes as indicators of plastic pollution and tools for coastal management in Malta - Tosin Samuel Afeniforo, Joseph A. Borg;

- Multilateralism and environmental governance – the importance of ERA’s role on the international stage - Charlene Smith;

- The Proactive Interface of Environmental Evidence and Strategic Environmental Policy: From Assessment to Action - Gabriella Dalmas, Nadia Suda Lanzon, Noelle Debono, Suzanne Gauci;

- Protecting Mare Nostrum: Essential To Safeguard Malta’s Marine And Coastal Environment - Franck Lauwers, Marc’ Andrea Cassar, Christopher Cousin, Nadine Mercieca, Miraine Rizzo;

- Innovating Environmental Decision-Making With Emerging Geospatial Technology - Lisa Marie Aquilina;

- Shaping Malta’s Environmental Awareness & Promoting Participation: A Decade Of Strategic Engagement - Suzanne Gauci, Shaun Baron, Gabriel Aquilina;

- Revisiting Gozo’s Landscape Quality Objective in light of ERA’s remit and the European Landscape Convention - Stephanie Debattista;

- Towards A 2050 National Strategy For Malta’s Environment - Stefano Miceli, Sanja Pokrajac, Nadia Suda Lanzon, Claire Cordina Borg;

- Strengthening Environmental Governance: A Decade of the Regulatory Affairs Directorate - Chantelle-Marie Dimech, Nathalie Ellul, Christine Tanti, Claudio Toscano;

- A Decade of Jurisprudence - Paula Axiak, Aimee Brincat, Marienne Zammit;

- Protecting the Morphing Coast: Anticipatory Governance with Chronological Digital Twins - Tram Nguyen, Frank Farrugia, Janice Formosa Pace, Dylan Seychell, Saviour Formosa;

- University of Malta OAR Publications Aligned to ERA Themes and Regulatory Domains - Janice Formosa Pace, Stephanie Fabri, Kurt Farrugia, Saviour Formosa;

- Epilogue : Shaping Malta’s Environmental Future - Suzanne Gauci;

- Colour Imagery