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Title: | Even more valleys down degradation lane |
Authors: | Deidun, Alan |
Keywords: | Wied Moqbol (Zurrieq, Malta) Ecology -- Malta -- Zurrieq Wied il-Ghasel (Mosta, Malta) Malta Environment and Planning Authority Golf courses -- Malta |
Issue Date: | 2004-03-28 |
Publisher: | Allied Newspapers Ltd. |
Citation: | Deidun, A. (2004, March 28). Even more valleys down degradation lane. The Times of Malta, pp. 1-3. |
Abstract: | Wied Moqbol - this valley in Zurrieq, which over the years has already been subjected to repeated dumping and makeshift landfills, is again in the news with reference to an application (no. 02700/00) to relocate a hardstone quarry from Harh Qim to this valley. As always, a plethora of valid reasons exist for opposing such a relocation, namely that the development site is close to an Area of Ecological Importance (GN 400/96) and is covered by policies such as RCO1, RCO 11 and RCO 12 and MIN5); a Scheduled Area (Coastal Cliffs) and a Nature Reserve (LN 12/01); that the site lies within the boundaries of a watershed; that a substantial number of mature carob trees and associated biota will be lost to the development; that the area lies within a Rural Conservation Area and outside scheme, with no approval for mineral extraction and that a new service road will have to be constructed and traffic will increase in what is an essentially rural area. |
URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/36167 |
Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - FacSciGeo |
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