Araucaria to make way for new apartments

An old araucaria tree, one of the last natural landmarks in Sliema, will be chopped to make way for apartments. The tree, located in a garden in Manwel Dimech Street, will be felled after the Department of Agriculture and the Heritage Advisory...

An old araucaria tree, one of the last natural landmarks in Sliema, will be chopped to make way for apartments.

The tree, located in a garden in Manwel Dimech Street, will be felled after the Department of Agriculture and the Heritage Advisory Committee of the Malta Environment Authority approved the project.

The application for the development to encroach on a large garden in the urban conservation area (UCA) of Sliema is recommended for approval by Mepa today.

Environmental NGO Flimkien Għal Ambjent Aħjar said that it is repeatedly declared that, in the choice between sustainability and development, we have to choose sustainability. It wondered whether pro-environment electoral promises were only lip service as far as nature issues go.

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