Gaia Foundation has called on the public to be extra vigilant after the offices of Nature Trust were vandalised and prominent members of Birdlife and Flimkien għal Ambjent Aħjar were intimidated.
Last Sunday seven NGOs alleged that an attempted assault on the FAA coordinator by a developer was prevented by the police earlier that week. A vandal attack also took place on the Wied Għollieqa Environment Centre run by Nature Trust, and Birdlife Raptor Camp volunteers were subjected to verbal abuse and intimidation.
Gaia said the spate of intimidation of environmental NGOs was unacceptable and appealed to public officials and the public to report any infringements they witnessed, such as illegal dumping, littering, damage to flora, trapping or shooting of protected birds.