Environment Statistics 2006 National Statistics Office – Malta Project implemented under the technical supervision of Eurostat and Plan Bleu Environment Statistics ii Credits Published by: National Statistics Office Lascaris, Valletta CMR O2, Malta. Tel: (+356) 2599 7000 Fax: (+356) 2599 7205 / 2599 7103 email: [email protected] website: www.nso.gov.mt ISBN-13: 978-99909-73-40-2 ISBN-10: 99909-73-40-7 For further information, please contact: Environment and Regional Statistics Unit National Statistics Office, Lascaris, Valletta CMR O2, Malta. Tel: (+356) 2599 7642 This publication is available from: The Data Shop National Statistics Office, Lascaris, Valletta CMR O2, Malta. Tel: (+356) 2599 7119 Fax: (+356) 2599 7205 Department of Information 3, Castille Place, Valletta CMR O2, Malta. Tel: (+356) 2125 0550 Fax: (+356) 2123 7170 Designed and produced by MediaMaker Limited, Valletta, Malta. Printed by Progress Press, Valletta, Malta. © 2006 This publication is financed by the European Commission through MEDSTAT-Environment programme with the technical assistance of the Plan Bleu, the implementing institution. The contents of this publication are the sole responsibility of the National Statistics Office and can in no way be taken to reflect the views of the European Union. Environment Statistics iii Contents Table of Contents vii Foreword viii Introduction by Alfred Camilleri 01 Landscape 05 Climate 13 Biodiversity 19 Population 25 Water 31 Bathing Water Quality 35 Waste 43 Energy 49 Air Quality 53 Sustainable Development Indicators Environment Statistics LIST OF CHARTS Chart 1.1 Total Number of Development Permits granted by MEPA 02 Chart 1.2 Corine 2000 Landcover of Malta 03 Chart 2.1 Monthly Mean Windspeed 1990-2005 06 iv Chart 2.2 Mean Windspeed 2005 06 List of Charts Chart 2.3 Monthly Mean Temperature 1990-2005 06 Chart 2.4 Mean Temperatures 2005 08 Chart 2.5 Monthly Mean Bright Sunshine 1990-2005 08 Chart 2.6 Mean Duration of Bright Sunshine 2005 08 Chart 2.7 Mean Rainfall 1990-2005 09 Chart 2.8 Total Annual Rainfall Malta 1990-2005 10 Chart 2.9 Total Monthly Rainfall 2005 10 Chart 2.10 Temperature and Sunshine 2005 11 Chart 3.1 Endangered Species in Malta 14 Chart 3.2 Vulnerable Species in Malta 15 Chart 3.3 Declining Species in Malta 15 Chart 3.4 Protected Areas According to Designation/Km2 16 Chart 3.5 Protected and Managed Areas in Malta 2005 17 Chart 4.1 Population Density of Malta, 1995 20 Chart 4.2 Population Density of Malta, 1985 20 Chart 4.3 Population Density of Malta, 1967 21 Chart 4.4 Tourist Arrivals/Departures Malta 1996-2005 22 Chart 4.5 Population Density vs Tourist Density 1996-2005 23 Chart 5.1 Distribution of the Ground Water Bodies of Malta 26 Chart 5.2 Water Production by Source 1985-2005 27 Chart 5.3 Water Use by Supply Category 1995-2005 27 Chart 5.4 Water Losses 2002-2005 29 Chart 7.1 Waste Generation in Malta (Average Proportions) 1999-2005 36 Chart 7.2 Waste Generation in Malta 1999-2005 36 Chart 7.3 Composition of Waste Collected from Bring-In Sites 2003-2005 38 Chart 7.4 Amounts of Waste Effectively Recovered at SAWTP 1999-2005 39 Chart 8.1 Electrical Power Generated in Malta 43 Chart 8.2 Electricity Maximum Demand 2005 44 Chart 8.3 Electricity Consumption by Sector 45 Chart 8.4 Electrical Consumption Percentage Share in Malta 1990-2005 46 Chart 8.5 Percentage Share of Fuel Consumption 46 Chart 8.6 Fuel Prices in Malta 47 Chart 9.1 Benzene Concentration Level Change in Malta 50 Chart 10.1 Number of Passenger Vehicles per 100 Inhabitants 54 Chart 10.2 Arable Land per Capita 55 Chart 10.3 Electrical Power Generated in Malta 57 Chart 10.4 Water Production per Capita 58 Chart 10.5 Fish Landings by Broad Species Group 59 Chart 10.6 Area Afforded Protection Status 59 LIST OF TABLES Environment Statistics Table 1.1 Land Use Cover of Malta – Percentage 01 Table 1.2 Annual Average Permits granted by MEPA by Category 02 Table 2.1 Mean Wind Speed (Knots) 1990-2005 05 Table 2.2 Mean Monthly Temperatures (Degrees Celsius) 1990-2005 07 v Table 2.3 Monthly Mean Bright Sunshine Duration (Hours) 1990-2005 07 List of Tables Table 2.4 Total Seasonal Rainfall (mm) 1990-2005 09 Table 2.5 Temperature and Sunshine in Malta (2005) 10 Table 3.1 Animal Population Statistics – Mammals – Birds – Reptiles – Amphibians (Data for 2002) 13 Table 3.2 Animal Population Statistics – Freshwater species – Marine species (Data for 2002) 14 Table 3.3 Animal Population Statistics – Insecta – Crustacea – Mollusca (Data for 2002) 14 Table 3.4 Plant Population Statistics – Vascular Plants – Mosses – Lichens – Macrofungi – Algae (Data for 2005) 14 Table 3.5 Protected Areas according to Classification adapted by MEPA 16 Table 4.1 Total Population and Population Density of Malta 19 Table 4.2 Tourists/100 Inhabitants in Malta 22 Table 5.1 Fresh Water Resources 25 Table 5.2 Annual Water Production 1985-2005 26 Table 5.3 Water Use by Supply Category 1995-2005 28 Table 5.4 Water Losses 1995-2005 28 Table 6.1 Classification of Bathing Water Sites according to the EU Criteria: 2000 31 Table 6.2 Classification of Bathing Water Sites according to the EU Criteria: 2001 31 Table 6.3 Classification of Bathing Water Sites according to the EU Criteria: 2002 32 Table 6.4 Classification of Bathing Water Sites according to the EU Criteria: 2003 32 Table 6.5 Classification of Bathing Water Sites according to the EU Criteria: 2004 32 Table 6.6 Classification of Bathing Water Sites according to the EU Criteria: 2005 32 Table 7.1 Generation of Waste by Sector 1999-2005 35 Table 7.2 Generation and Collection of Municipal Waste in Malta 1999-2005 37 Table 7.3 Separate Collection of Waste Fractions in Malta 1999-2005 37 Table 7.4 Composition of Municipal Waste 1999-2005 38 Table 7.5 Treatment and Disposal of Municipal Waste in Malta 1999-2005 39 Table 7.6 Waste Treatment and Disposal Installations 1999-2005 40 Table 8.1 Electricity Maximum Demand MW 44 Table 8.2 Fuel Imports Metric Tonnes 46 Table 9.1 Real Time Measurements in Days at Floriana 49 Table 10.1 Distribution of GDP (Agriculture, Industry, Services) 54 Table 10.2 Municipal Waste Generated per Capita 55 Table 10.3 Fuel Imports per Capita 56 Table 10.4 Site Days During Which Bathing Areas were Closed because of Contamination 58 Appendix 1 Mediterranean Interim Criteria for Bathing Waters adopted by the Contracting Parties to the Barcelona Convention in 1985 32 Appendix 2 EU Bathing Water Quality Directive (76/160/EEC) Annex 1 Quality Requirements for Bathing Water 33 BLANK FOREWORD Environment Statistics vii The European Union’s policy with regard to the Mediterranean region is governed by the Euro- Foreword Mediterranean partnership (referred to as the Barcelona Process) launched after the 1995 Barcelona Conference. The Euro-Mediterranean summit of November 2005 which celebrated the 10th anniversary of the Barcelona Process restated the commitment to the principles and objectives of the Declaration of Barcelona and reiterated the importance of regional understanding and cooperation. The member states of the European Union and the Mediterranean Partner countries1 have intensified their relationship in the field of statistics thanks to MEDSTAT, the regional statistics cooperation programme, This programme is funded by the European Commission (MEDA fund) under the contractual responsibility of the Directorate General of EuropeAid Cooperation Office. Eurostat, the European Community’s statistics office, is in charge of the technical monitoring of the programme. MEDSTAT confirms the importance of supplying complete, reliable, relevant and comparable statistics for decision-makers and for a sustainable economic development of the Mediterranean region. As of the launching of the programme in 1996, the environment was proposed to be fully dealt with; the sub-programme MEDSTAT-Environment was put in place, the latter forming one of the ten MEDSTAT sub-programmes. This second phase of the MEDSTAT-Environment project (MED-Env II), implemented by Plan Bleu, regional activity centre of the Mediterranean Action Plan, covers the period 2003-2006 and is a continuation of the actions carried out in the first phase of the programme (1999-2003) while emphasising efforts for three new topics: air pollutant emission, biodiversity and the calculation of environmental indicators for sustainable development. MED-Env II is based on the experience and progress made by each country since the start of the programme. The main objective of MED-Env II is to strengthen the sustainable capacity of the twelve Mediterranean partner countries to produce and publish complete, reliable, relevant environmental statistics and indicators while taking into account the users’ needs. This information should be in conformity with international standards, more especially with the European ones, in order to be comparable in time and space. The results targeted in this second phase are: • To contribute to the institutional and inter-institutional strengthening of national statistics systems with regard to the production of environmental statistics; • To adapt the regional strategy so as to take into consideration the specific situation of each national statistics system; • To promote the harmonisation of national statistics with the international and European standards underway; • To ensure data exchange between the Mediterranean countries and the European Union, and among the Mediterranean partners themselves; • To ensure more visibility concerning the results from the Euro-Mediterranean partnership in terms of environmental statistics; REFERENCE • To take into consideration the users’ needs at national, regional and international levels. 1. Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, This national statistics compendium of Malta is co-financed by National Statistics Office and Morocco, Palestinian Authority, Syria, the MEDSTAT-Environment programme.