Partit Demokratiku called on environmental authorities to protect Dwejra, one of the gems of our country. Recently it was revealed that the only applicant answering a tender for a Heritage Park, running from 1st September 2017, intends to build a hotel in the area.
Dwejra receives over 750,000 visitors a year. We have seen the area abused, so much so that when they planned to build a visitors' centre, we got a restaurant instead, and Nature Trust withdrew from the management board. The management board later became inactive, PD said.
In 2010, the PL Opposition, rightly condemned MEPA for allowing false sand placed by the Game of Thrones crew to damage the area. Partit Demokratiku expects the Labour administration not to apply double standards as regards the environmental health of the area.
The area is also a nightly haunt for the highly fascinating and protected Cory's Shearwater colony between March and November where lifelong pairs visit their single laid egg. Any extra activity could seriously endanger their existence because of their high sensitivity to light pollution.
Partit Demokratiku said it is not fooled by the fact that what is really being planned here is a commercial enterprise which will come at great cost to the ecology and sustainability of the area which already receives a great number of people. Partit Demokratiku calls for a strong, ethical and environmentally minded management board. Any attempts to commercialise Dwejra in such a destructive fashion must be avoided at all costs. Any Heritage Park must exclusively serve the purpose of education and not accommodation or fine dining with a view. Partit Demokratiku will be holding government to account on its next steps following this Preliminary Market Consultation.
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