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 sea levels. A unique feature of Maldives is the economic enclaves that encourage industry and international tourism. The general …
President Mohamed Nasheed has said that experts estimate the population of Maldives to reach 400,000 by the year 2025. In his weekly radio address delivered Friday morning, the President spoke on the world population reaching a record 7 billion next Monday, noting that it was an achievement in many aspects. …
The government is to award Kaaf atoll Bodugiri to a Chinese company to provide electricity to the Male region using renewable energy. The President's Office in the government gazette said the Cabinet, on September 27, decided to award the lagoon to XEMC Windpower Co. Ltd to produce 15-20 megawatts of …
New Delhi: About one-third of all malaria-affected countries areexpectedtoeliminate the vector-borne disease in the next10 years. However, for the Southeast Asia region, the future isn’tthatbright. Maldives is the only country among the 11 nations in the region thathaseliminated malaria, while Sri Lanka and Korea are in the pre-elimination stage. The …
Contrary to prevailing scientific opinion, a Climate Change conference organised by the University of Mumbai and the Liberty Institute, New Delhi, and INSTUCEN India study centre on Friday claimed that the sea levels were not rising and carbon dioxide did not pose a special threat to the climate. Sea levels …
The UN’s talks on climate change are daft and crippled by finger-pointing and the need for consensus, the president of the Maldives, Mohamed Nasheed, was quoted on Thursday by Le Monde as saying. Nasheed also said emerging economies were as much to blame for global warming as rich nations. In …
The Integrated Resource Model, which has been developed by Peter Head, of the Ecological Sequestration Trust, uses cloud computing to develop ecological models that boost economic growth and reduce carbon emissions. Mr Head told delegates at the third annual Six Senses SLOW LIFE Symposium, that global computing power could be …
US Ambassador to the Maldives Patricia Butenis has today announced a water supply infrastructure to be established in Dhidhdhoo of Haa Alif atoll and Hinnavaru of Lhaviyani atoll. Ambassador Butenis announced this project at a press conference held at the President’s Office this afternoon, following her courtesy call on President …
Over two dozen countries, including Pakistan, will take part next week in a full-scale test of the Indian Ocean`s tsunami alert system, using the 2004 Sumatra quake as the basis for the exercise, Unesco said on Thursday. Exercise IOWAVE 11 will re-enact the seismic events of Dec 26, 2004, simulating …
The Republic of the Marshall Islands has created the world's biggest shark reserve: so large that all of Mexico could fit comfortably inside. With new legislation, commercial shark fishing is now completely banned in Marshall Islands' 768,547 square miles (1,990,530 square kilometers) of ocean. The new shark sanctuary not only …
Environment Ministers’ Meeting 30 September, 2011 - One of the outcomes of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation environment ministers’ meeting, which ended yesterday, was the endorsement of the terms of reference for four initiatives under the Thimphu declaration. The four initiatives include the SAARC inter-governmental marine initiative, to …
South Asia has seen an accelerated job growth and a substantial decrease in poverty over the past three decades, second only to East Asia, says a World Bank report, released during the IMF-WB meetings. The region will be the largest contributor to the global workforce over the next two decades. …
The Times Comprehensive Atlas of the World will completely omit Maldives in its upcoming 14th edition, unconfirmed reports say. British newspaper The Daily Telegraph reported that the Times Atlas, one of the most widely used atlas in the world, will omit Maldives, Tuvalu – an island nation located midway between …
The Asian Development Bank in a latest study projected that the energy demand of the SAARC’s eight nations would double within next 10 years and suggested developing a regional power market to cope with the situation. The 4th SAARC Energy Ministerial Meeting held in Dhaka Thursday adopted the study report …
South Asian nations agreed on Thursday to work to promote closer energy links for electricity grids and power generation, a senior energy official said. Energy ministers from the South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation (SAARC) - bringing together Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka - finished …
Maldives, an island nation on the frontline of the battle against rising seas, said Thursday it was unlikely a meaningful agreement on fighting climate change would be reached at the next UN summit. Last year's round of talks in Mexico and the 2009 summit in Copenhagen had largely failed, and …
A workshop was held at Ministry of Housing and Environment to finalize the documents prepared under Clean Energy for Climate Mitigation Project on 12 September 2011. This project will be implemented in G.Dh. Thinadhoo island and is funded by the Climate Change Trust Fund (CCTF) of Maldives administered the World …
Senior officials of the energy sector from SAARC countries have agreed in principle, with some reservations, with the draft SAARC Inter-Governmental Framework Agreement for Energy Cooperation which was prepared by India. The decision was made at a meeting of senior government officials of the energy sector from SAARC countries on …
President Mohamed Nasheed has said that the Maldives and its people are directly affected by the slightest change in the climate, and the elements of the climate. In his keynote address delivered at a dinner hosted by the Mary Robinson Foundation-Climate Justice (MRFCJ), the President noted how low the Maldives …
Environment Protection Agency (EPA) today blamed dumping garbage into Thilafushi lagoon by boats carrying garbage to the island for the increase in the flow of trash to the sea. Addressing journalists after a trip to Thilafushi with Male City Council members, EPA’s Ibrahim Naeem said a huge amount of garbage …
A new study report, supported by the Scottish Government, has been delivered to help the Maldives develop the country’s potential for marine energy with the ambition of becoming the first carbon-neutral nation by 2020. The report follows the signing of a statement of cooperation in 2009 between First Minister Alex …
