Dingli residents, activists, farmers unite to save centuries-old trees
Dingli residents and activists have filed paperwork seeking to save ancient trees which Infrastructure Malta intends to cut down to make way for a new road. Around 100 people have endorsed a bid to obtain an urgent Tree Protection Order for the trees, which activists say are hundreds of years old. In a statement on Friday, activist group Moviment Graffitti said that a nature permit to chop down these trees was issued some months ago to make way for “a highly controversial and dubious road” right through outside development zone arable land. The new road is meant to link Daħla tas-Sie...
Source: timesofmalta.com