EPA under fire for authorising ‘tree grab’
Trees are being removed for the landscaping of new resorts.
25 Mar 2019, 9:00 AM
The Environment Protection Agency has accused environmentalists of “spreading misleading information” after coming under fire for authorising the mass removal of trees for the landscaping of new resorts.
It emerged last week that hundreds of trees were uprooted from the uninhabited island of Mendhoo in Laamu atoll and transported to a resort under development in a reclaimed lagoon near the capital Malé.
It was the latest instance of a practice environmental activists have dubbed #MvTreeGrab.
More than 300 coconut palms were carried out on a barge, a councillor from a nearby island told Sun. A new channel was also dredged from the southern island’s reef to allow access to the vessel.
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