Nature Trust has urged the government to allocate funding in the Budget to beef up the police Administrative Law Enforcement section and the MEPA law enforcement arm. In a statement, Nature Trust also urged the government to invest in green jobs and in management plans for Malta's Natura 2000 sites.

"Environmental law enforcement is next to non-existent. The ALE Unit remains chronically understaffed, while the enforcement efforts of authorities such as MEPA are clearly very poor compared to what is needed. The NGO urges the government to beef up the ALE and give it full executive powers so as to be able to effect proper environmental law enforcement and not merely token actions," Nature Trust said.

It also called for more incentives towards renewable energy backed up by a national educational campaign to encourage more people to benefit from such incentives.

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