In a post on Facebook, Professor Alan Deidun announced that new LED digital displays have been provided to the Dwejra Environmental Education Centre, managed by the San Lawrenz Local Council, as part of the CORALLO +SI project (Interreg Italia-Malta 2014-2020 Programme)
We are upgrading the Dwejra environmental education centre! This is a spanking new display just installed on site by the University of Malta through colleague Dr. Adam Gauci and consisting of 2 LED banners affixed side by side….this was made possible through the CORALLO +SI project (Interreg Italia-Malta 2014-2020 Programme)….we, along with the ERA and with Heritage Malta, are upgrading the facilities found within this Centre opened way back in 2013 through the CORALLO +SI project…..this Centre is managed by the San Lawrenz local lcouncil and has welcomed thousands of visitors over the past 10 years, being the first of its kind in the Maltese Islands….Ocean literacy in practice!
divinginfo.mt has been in the last few weeks trying to identify the progress on the Objectives and action points that were announced as part of the “Developing a Sustainable Diving Industry in the Maltese Islands – A strategy for the future 2022” which had been announced on the 23 May 2022, in a glitzy press Read More
Seen on University of Malta Newspoint: Around 12 Malta-based stakeholders were brought together for a focus group on sustainable tourism on Thursday 26 January 2023. The focus group followed another one held at the University of Split in Croatia, on the same topic in September. The two meetings are part of the data being collected Read More
Irrespective of laws stating that fishing nets are not to be used within the Grand Harbour… some “enterprising individual” placed a net on the SS Margit in Kalkara Creek which got very tangled. This historical wreck from WW2 is known for bad visibility but very nice fish life. Żibel should be tackling it in the Read More
Timesofmalta.com reports that scientists have discovered that marine life thought to be rare or on the verge of extinction is now thriving on and around ship and plane wrecks at the bottom of the sea around the island. Several species of fishes, lobsters, sponges, corals and sea urchins have been considered rare since British rule Read More
Hi, my name is Jurijs and I’ve been diving in Malta for the almost 10 years now. Underwater photography is my main hobby and I try to dedicate as much time to my hobby as I possibly can. We’re lucky here in Malta to have so many awesome dive sites around us! My main underwater Read More
From the Malta Independent The government has committed €140,000 through an agreement with the University of Malta for continued studies on an underwater Punic wreck off the coast of Xlendi. The agreement was signed by Gozo Minister Clint Camilleri and university Rector Alfred Vella. Camilleri said the discovery merits full attention as it can shed Read More
