Poverty and inequality in Maldives 2022
In the past two decades, Maldives has achieved remarkable economic progress and reductions in poverty. However, the country faces high exposure to global risks including an . existential threat of rising
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Greening program commences in Handhufushi Resort
A tree-planting program began in Handhufushi Resort and Spa, formerly known as Herathere Island Resort, on Wednesday. The resort was taken over by a new management, Yacht Tours, on the first of this month and since then the company has tried to clean up the island and make it more 'green'. The tree-planting program is part of the cleanup and renovation work being carried out at the island by Yacht Tours and students from Muhibbuddin School, Ismlamiyya School, Feydhoo School and Seenu Atoll School participated in the program.
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Regional health forum: protecting health from climate change
This regional health forum includes the special issue on world health day 2008 theme: protecting health from climate change.
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Global warming and sea level rise
On December 13, 2006, scientists warned that the Arctic ice is melting at a rate faster than was estimated. The ice has been shrinking steadily over the past 30 years, but now scientists say there's a possibility of an ice-free Arctic in the next few decades.
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A man made island!
Human enterprise knows no bounds, and the people of Maldives have proved this. They have built a new island to contain the overflowing population of the capital Male. "The project was launched
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Bleached to death
As ocean waters get warmer, coral reefs look even paler this year
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DROWNING NATION
Maldives, threatened by global warming, has appealed to the US to back the Kyoto Protocol. "We have to strive to point out the problems that are associated with climate change and the
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Smart pack
Released barely three months ago, the solar power pack, produced by Solardyne Corporation, a private corporation, and weighing less than 11 kilogrammes provides the users with 120 watt-hour power a
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Sinking atoll
Maldives president concerned over global warming
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Tourism and the environment: case studies on Goa, India, and the Maldives
Tourism plays an important role in the economies of both Goa and the Maldives. For the Maldives, it provides 17 percent of the gross domestic product, over 25 percent of government revenue and around 60 percent of the foreign exchange earnings; and for Goa, it generates 13.7 percent of the state
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Paradise submerged?
the Maldives may soon disappear from the global map due to the rise in the sea level of the Indian Ocean. Researchers at the Antarctic Research Centre in Hobart, Australia say that the sea