Coastal garigue under siege

The last bastions of our environment are under siege. The invader goes by the name of reclamation. Beach projects and golf course proposals are threatening to litter the land, robbing unique Maltese and Gozitan landscapes of their beauty and worth.

July 30, 2005| Anne Zammit|01 min read
Ecotourism will lose out if natural landscapes such as ix-Xaghra il-Hamra, behind Golden Bay, are wiped out by turf and golf carts. <i>Right:</i> Thyme is one of the protected plants found on the garigue known as <i>xaghri</i>. Other endemic species include rare orchids.Ecotourism will lose out if natural landscapes such as ix-Xaghra il-Hamra, behind Golden Bay, are wiped out by turf and golf carts. <i>Right:</i> Thyme is one of the protected plants found on the garigue known as <i>xaghri</i>. Other endemic species include rare orchids.

The last bastions of our environment are under siege. The invader goes by the name of reclamation.

Beach projects and golf course proposals are threatening to litter the land, robbing unique Maltese and Gozitan landscapes of their beauty and worth.

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