HerpTrust project aims to contribute to improving biodiversity’s resilience, by nursing and promoting positive Human-Herpetofauna Interactions (HHI) through herpetofauna-related adult education to citizens and VET. Professionals who live and work in nature (e.g. farmers, shepherds, hunters), and are thus in contact with herpetofauna species regularly, are the real countryside managers and the people who can make a difference, safeguarding herps and the rest of biodiversity.
Nature
Recommendations on Malta’s National Strategy and Action Plan for Pollinators 2035
Friends of the Earth Malta has submitted recommendations on Malta's National Strategy and Action Plan for Pollinators 2035. The strategy should aim to set a number of key proposals to safeguard all pollinators given their role in pollinating many food crops and wild plants and their contribution to our food production and the diversity of our environment.
September Plant of the Month: Maltese Salt Tree (MT: Xebb)
This very rare and protected Red Data Book plant is only to be found on sand dunes . The pink-white striped solitary flowers appear around summertime and with its dark green heart-shaped leaves may appear quite dainty and delicate but in effect it is very well adapted to growing in some of the harshest conditions.
July Plant of the Month: Neptune Seagrass (MT: Alka) Posidonia oceanica
If you encounter the wild indigenous Honeysuckle around this time of year take a moment to get a close-up view of its dainty flowers and proceed to inhale the sweet scented air around it.
June Plant of the Month: Sea Bindweed (MT: Leblieb il-Baħar)
This very rare and protected Red Data Book plant is only to be found on sand dunes . The pink-white striped solitary flowers appear around summertime and with its dark green heart-shaped leaves may appear quite dainty and delicate but in effect it is very well adapted to growing in some of the harshest conditions.
May Plant of the Month: Evergreen Honeysuckle (MT: Qarn il-Mogħża)
If you encounter the wild indigenous Honeysuckle around this time of year take a moment to get a close-up view of its dainty flowers and proceed to inhale the sweet scented air around it.
