Car Free Day to be organised on September 22nd Click here to submit your pictures ! Car free day isn’t just about one day without any cars or motor traffic on our roads. It’s a day when we’re all given the chance to consider how the negative aspects of too much traffic weigh down all...
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“Car free Experience” Photo Competition Entry Form
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FoE Malta joins newly formed coalition to abolish spring hunting
Friends of the Earth Malta joined the Coalition in favour of the abolition of spring hunting which has been established today [1]. Its objectives are to ensure that spring hunting is brought to an end in Malta as soon as possible. The Coalition will do this through lobbying both in Malta and at a European level....
FoE Malta supports hunting referendum
In a statement issued today, Friends of the Earth Malta showed its support to Alternattiva Demokratika’s initiative asking for a referendum to prohibit derogations permitting spring hunting. Friends of the Earth also confirmed that it will join the Coalition Against Spring Hunting. For too long, the country has been held to ransom by a large...
REACTION to: “Glyphosate does not present unacceptable dangers to environment, humans – government”
In a reaction to the statement issued by the Maltese Government, FoE Malta would like to invite government to issue the studies which test for glyphosate contamination on food samples and their residues in humans. The truth is that very little testing has been done for glyphosate so far in Europe, with just five countries...
World’s biggest selling weed killer found in humans
90% of urine samples in Malta contained traces of glyphosate. Tests carried out by Friends of the Earth Malta show that people have traces of the weed killer glyphosate in their bodies. Laboratory tests carried out by the group reveal that 9 out of 10 people’s urine samples in Malta contained traces of glyphosate. The...
Environmental NGOs Deeply Concerned over Hunting Agreement
Friends of the Earth Malta joined six other NGOs in a statement highlighting their concerns over the recent agreement between the PL and FKNK on hunting and trapping on the Maltese Islands. BirdLife Malta, Din l-Art Helwa, Flimkien g?al Ambjent A?jar (FAA), Friends of the Earth Malta, Gaia Foundation, Greenhouse Malta, and Nature Trust (Malta)...
NGOs’ Stand on Electoral Manifestos
Friends of the Earth Malta joined six other environmental groups to express serious concern at the way environmental issues were being used as vote-catching pawns. Environment NGOs Din L-Art Helwa, Flimkien ghal Ambjent Ahjar, Nature Trust (Malta), Ramblers Association and Friends of the Earth Malta, Birdlife Malta, Greenhouse and Gaia Foundation express their serious concern...
NGOs condemn threats received by AD chairperson
The Ramblers’ Association of Malta, Flimkien ghal Ambjent Ahjar, Friends of the Earth Malta and Nature Trust (Malta) are deeply concerned at the news of the threatening letter received by Alternattiva Demokratika leader Dr Michael Briguglio in connection with his party’s strong stand over the boathouses at Armier and elsewhere. The four environmental organisations repeat...
“Car free Adventures” Photo Competition Entry Form
* indicates required field{rsform 3} Please only click the Submit button once and wait for the confirmation message to be displayed on the webpage. It may take a while depending on the size of the photos being uploaded. Thank you for taking part in the “Car free Adventures” Photo Competition!