Nature Trust ‘threatened’ by government

In an interview with Sunday newspaper Illum, the executive president of Nature Trust Vince Attard says government has not yet paid the environment NGO around €50,000 which have been due since 2009.

Attard tells Illum that the NGO has already let off one worker and had to forfeit a number of new projects. He said that the NGO - who this year marks its 50^th anniversary - is facing a lot of financial problems to keep its work going.

Attard also says that the environment cannot be used as a political football. "The lesson here is to never let politicians fail on upholding their promises of commitment on safeguarding the environment," Attard said.

Read the full interview in Illum.