MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE ENVIRONMENT, REGIONAL PLANNING AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE

MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE ENVIRONMENT, REGIONAL PLANNING AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE

The Committee on the Environment, Regional Planning and Local Authorities of the Council of Europe which will be meeting in Malta on the 8th and 9th June 2000 will be addressed by the Speaker, Hon Anton Tabone, and the Minister for the Environment, Hon Francis Zammit Dimech, during its opening session. The Maltese parliamentarians on this committee are the Hon John Vella and the Hon Joe Debono Grech.

During the course of the meeting, there will be an exchange of views on:-

- Malta's experience in fresh water management;

- Enforcement of environmental legislation by local authorities in Malta;

- Regional planning and environmental protection versus tourism development; and

- Malta's hunting regulations and protection of endangered species.

There will also be an exchange of views on Malta's experience in implementing the Council of Europe environmental conventions and prospects of adhering to other legal instruments aimed at protecting the environment.

Delegates attending the meeting will have the opportunity of visiting the Ghadira Nature Reserve.