Date |
Action
taken
|
Its implications |
|
1976 |
Regional
Marine Pollution Emergency Response Centre (REMPEC) |
Malta
took part in the Mediterranean action plan to be prepared in case of
marine pollution accident. |
|
1976 |
Barcelona
convention – The Convention for the Protection of the Mediterranean Sea
against Pollution |
Malta
signed an international treaty to protect the environment. |
|
1989 |
Malta
– EU Third Financial Protocol |
The
Environment Protection Department has obtained equipment to combat
releases of oil into the marine environment. |
|
1991 |
Environment
Protection Act |
This
legislation was set up to protect the environment. This legislation brought into being the Environment
Protection Department. |
|
1993 |
26
marine areas were recommended as Marine Protected Areas (MPA) coastal and
16 coastal areas were recommended as Nature reserves.
|
The
Maltese Government requested the assistance of Regional Activity Centre
for Specially Protected Areas of the UNEP to establish Marine Protected
Areas in the Maltese islands. |
|
1993 |
Pollution
Control Co-ordinating Unit (PCCU) |
This
was set up within the Environment Protection Department to combat oil
pollution. |
|
1994 |
Emergency
Conservation Order (ECO) was issued for Ghajn Tuffieha. |
ECO
was done to protect this bay from pressures of development and other human
interventions. |
|
1998 |
Marine
pollution control and monitoring in Malta |
The
Environment Protection Department commissioned UNDP experts to give them
advise on how to monitor and control pollution in coastal areas. |
|
2001 |
Environment
Protection Act |
This
included modifications and enhancements of the Environment Protection Act
of 1991. |
|
Future
projects |
§
Construction
of sewage treatment plants. §
Better
management for ship-generated waste. §
Designation
of Marine Protected Areas.
|
|