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Government targets invasive alien species through launch of FAST project
In 2020 alone, around 100 tons of terrestrial invasive alien species were removed from the Maltese islands
18 April 2021, 10:06am
by Karl Azzopardi
Government has tasked itself with tackling the issue of invasive alien species in the country’s bio-diversity with the launch of the FAST project.
FAST - Fight Alien Species Transborder, is a joint collaboration between the Animal Rights Ministry, the Environment Ministry, the University of Malta, ERA and Ambjent Malta, all under the supervision of the University of Catania.
The project will see the monitoring and evaluation of Invasive Alien Species (IAS) on local habitat, and the eventual restoration of such natural habitats over the 30-month duration of the project, which will end in May 2023.