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Seeds of imported indigenous plants sent out to 180,000 households are wrongly labelled “endemic” and, according to biodiversity specialist Alfred Baldacchino, risk contaminating the local gene pool. Ambjent Malta, the government agency coordinating the project, has admitted to a “misprint” in the Maltese version. However, it said the impact of the imported seeds on the local population of these wild plants would be “negligible”. In April, Environment Minister Aaron Farrugia said households would receive a mix of wildflower seeds and information on how to care for them in a bid to help conserve pollinators. The seeds originate from four native wildflower species: Sweet Alyssum (Buttuniera), Red Corn Poppy (Pepprin Aħmar), Chamomile (Kamomilla) and Borage (Fidloqqom). ....
For the last 70 years, magnificent trees adorned Notary Zarb Street, in Attard. They served the residents and commuters of the street with their aesthetic, ecol ....
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Infrastructure Malta has gone ahead with the uprooting of old trees in Triq in-Nutar Żarb, Attard, despite protests by residents and environmentalists who claimed they have 30 days to contest the permit. Workers turned up at the site early in the morning and started preparing to pull down the 70-year-old ficus trees, removing branches and loading them onto a truck. One of the trees just as it was uprooted. The uprooting of trees underway. Photo taken from resident Alfred Baldacchino s window on Thursday afternoon. But nearby residents and members of environment and civil society groups such as Graffitti protested and demanded a copy of the permit. The permit, by the Environment Authority, was issued two days ago. ....