MALTA · HABITATS · TREES
Trees of historical and antiquarian importance
What this layer shows
Old trees listed for their historical and antiquarian importance since 1933, among them the olive and holm oak groves of Buskett, San Anton, the Mall in Floriana and Wardija, plus two protected palm trees. Any work on them needs a permit from the Environment and Resources Authority (ERA).
Publisher and licence
European Environment Agency (Nationally designated areas) · CC BY 4.0
European Environment Agency (Nationally designated areas), CC BY 4.0
Where the data comes from
ARCGIS · bio.discomap.eea.europa.eu
Merestone asks this service live for the area on screen. Nothing is copied or stored beyond a short cache.
This layer is drawn from the European Environment Agency's annual return of what Malta reports, not from a live service of the national body itself. A boundary changed this year appears here when the next return is published.
Facts shown for each feature
Register number · Designated · Legal basis · Area (ha) · IUCN category
In these presets
Planning constraints
Natura 2000, Areas of Ecological Importance, Areas of High Landscape Value, Tree Protection Areas and historic trees, protected beaches and made ground, with the SPED land use designations and the flood hazard areas (these two are waiting for permission). For a first screen of a site.
Coast, trees and bathing
Protected beaches, bathing water quality, Areas of High Landscape Value, Tree Protection Areas, historic trees, the Filfla no-entry zone, bird sanctuaries and the marine caves (waiting for permission). For walkers, divers and birdwatchers.