Civil Society Network has said that it will be writing to Parliament's Environment and Development committee to ask for a debate between members of parliament and NGOs, experts and other civil society representatives on the development challenges in Malta.

"We endorse the change.org petition which is calling for sustainable development," the Network said.

It added that, "this requires assessment of cumulative impacts of projects on both local and national level. We recognise that this requires proper debate, consultation and professional input, and therefore we believe that the proper forum for this should be the Parliamentary committee."

Civil Society Network concluded by saying, "an increasing number of citizens are showing great concern with the acceleration of mega-development proposals and their impact on quality of life, and it seems quite clear that the Planning Authority is using antiquated methods that do not consider the cumulative impact of such development."

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