.png)
.png)
.png)
Gaia points a finger at MEPA for insufficient inspection of Dwejra site
The Gaia Foundation said in a statement it is shocked by the extent of damage the Dwejra site has sustained after sand was lay on the site for a filming activity, ignoring the integrity of the coastal landscape.
18 November 2010, 12:00am
Martina Said
Martina Said
1 min read
Foundation president Rudolf Ragonesi said insufficient inspections and monitoring were being carried out during the works and activities on site, where the Malta Environment and Planning Authority (MEPA) put the protected area at risk.
“Gaia has always been present to monitor filming activities from the preparation stage right up to the end of filming,” he said in a statement. “Gaia is in fact usually requested by MEPA to do so at its managed sites whenever there is a request and subsequent permit for construction of a set and filming. Yet such measures were very limited in the Dwejra film shoot.”
The environmental group pointed its finger at MEPA for trying to act “holier than the pope” with other environmental groups then through its actions “allows our coastal heritage to suffer from often irremediable and untold damage.”
Gaia Foundation said most of the island’s Natura 2000 sites, which form part of the Europe’s network of natural heritage, are left unmanaged despite MEPA’s access to EU resources.
