
The Malta Ranger Unit took to social media to issue a statement after they received an overwhelming amount of reports from worried members of the public in regards to the recent sale of street food in Dingli, which has led to severe littering and degradation of the site.
‘Our Unit raised concerns already last week with the ERA and this morning, after seeing the site littered we called their Enforcement Team.’
The unit highlighted how everyone who carries out commercial activity in a Natura2000 site is obliged to obtain permits from ERA.
‘The reason for this, is for the site to be protected from degradation and saturation of environmental crimes (littering, offroading, excessive trampling etc). We have a concern that such a permit hasn’t been obtained and have asked ERA to confirm.’
‘ Although we acknowledge that the consumers are ultimately responsible to dispose of their waste properly, without the activity being monitored by the Authorities, it is evident that its saturation is causing an unavoidable issue of littering.’
Rangers reportedly cleaned the whole area after they found a large amount of litter connected with the commercial activity.
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