The strategic goals set out in the draft National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP) for Malta are translated into the following action-based and outcome-oriented measures, which are grouped into 18 thematic areas, and must be achieved by 2020.

Theme 6: Sustainable use of natural resources: soil, water and land (Code NR 4-6)

NR4: Effective measures are in place and implemented to address the over-abstraction and pollution of ground waters, namely by nitrates and chlorides.

NR5: Appropriate and cost-effective rainwater harvest technologies are adopted, where feasible, in urban and rural areas as an environmentally sound approach to address imbalances between water supply and demand, and so ensure long-term water security in Malta.

NR6: Integrated water resources management, based on the ecosystem approach, is achieved through the full implementation of the Water Framework and its programme of measures as well as the Marine Strategy Framework Directive.

Mepa published the draft National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan for Malta on February 28. The NBSAP aims to set Malta on the right track to meet its own biodiversity and other environmental objectives, as well as its international commitments, by 2020. To view the document visit www.mepa.org.mt/biodiversity-nbsap.

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