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 …
The Cabinet has yesterday decided to establish the Maldives Land and Survey Authority. The decision was made at the cabinet meeting held yesterday, after deliberating on a paper presented by the Ministry of Housing and Environment. The President
Despite huge health-related diseases coupled with poor health infarstructure, life expectancy in India has shot up from 61 years in 2000 to 65 years in 2009, according to a latest report by the World Health Organisation (WHO). However, what is a matter of concern is that life expectancy in India …
The Cabinet, after deliberating on the impact of increasing prices of diesel in the world market to Maldivian economy, has today decided to cut import duty on diesel by 50 percent. State Trading Organisation (STO) has recently increased price of diesel twice, in response to rising world oil prices, especially …
With climate change affecting lives around the world, a documentary feature film about the island nation of Maldives and its efforts to combat climate change will be released later this year. The Island President is a 90-minute documentary film which highlights the Maldives' efforts to combat climate change and rising …
Environmentalists and economists on Sunday suggested for forging a common platform among Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Bhutan and the Maldives to share the equitable benefits of the common rivers in the region. Addressing a seminar on
The Cabinet has today decided to implement a waste management system to dispose off the waste collected in Thilafushi catchment, yesterday. Thilafushi catchment waste management project will be undertaken as collaboration between the government and private sector, as a public-private partnership. Under the project, Thilafushi catchment will collect and dispose …
Maldivian atolls are known for their beautiful coral structures, fish abundance, white sandy beaches, coastal vegetation and mangroves. This paper provides an economic valuation of the recreational uses of atoll-based marine resources in the Republic of the Maldives.
MALE, January 29 (HNS) – An Indian NGO, Terry Policy, and the Maldives Housing and Environment Ministry kicked off a film festival on Thursday, aimed at creating awareness about environmental issues. The “Safe Planet Film Festival”, which will end this evening, will screen feature documentaries, short movies and interviews with …
MALE, January 24 (HNS) – Government is to begin providing the subsidies to fishermen and farmers in March. State Minister for Fisheries and Agriculture Dr Hussein Rasheed Hassan told journalists yesterday that the policy on distributing the Rf100 million fisheries subsides has been changed. “We used to provide the subsidies …
NEW DELHI: NTPC is drawing up plans to increase its footprints overseas. Seeking to expand its presence in the clean energy sector, it is eyeing Maldives for establishing solar power projects. NTPC is conducting a feasibility study in Maldives to explore the potential of the island nation for setting up …
Neighbouring India’s NTPC Ltd is in talks with the government for setting up renewable energy projects in Male, reports India Infoline. “We are planning to set up joint ventures in Male and other countries for renewable energy,” chairman and managing director Arup Roy Choudhury said. “The talks are in the …
Shine Jacob / Kolkata December 28, 2010, 0:00 IST After looking to buy land in other countries, Maldives is making a last-ditch effort to avoid its citizens becoming climate refugees. It is importing sand. In this endeavour to tackle the effects of global warming, none other than Bangladesh is playing …
The Ministry has initiated a waste audit in the North Province, and this trip will be from the 11th to the 16th of December. The waste audit will be carried out in Naifaru, Hinnavaru and Komandoo resort. The audit involves collecting the waste produced from different households and analyzing information …
I have reached Cancun few hours’ back to attend the 16th Conference of Parties (CoP-16) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), and have been greeted with news that can only be characterised as bad or worse. The most talked about of these is the ‘all-or-nothing’ position …
Failure to create the 30-billion dollars climate fund even after one year of international commitment in Copenhagen will badly affect developing countries like Bangladesh, the Maldives and Ethiopia, said environmentalists at a climate change workshop in Delhi yesterday. Indian minister of state for environment and forests Jairam Ramesh, however, said …
The Maldives, which announced the planet's most ambitious environmental conservation plan to become carbon neutral by the year 2020, released the first ever carbon audit on Wednesday. The audit announced at a teleconference held at President
Speaking at the Ministerial segment of the Twenty Second Session of the Meeting of the Parties (MOP) to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer held in Bangkok, 11-12 November, Minister of State Kamaludeen high-lighted the critical role that the Maldives is playing as an active member …
