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 …
Number of people who are smoking is on the increase in Maldives, according to Maldives Customs statistics. Customs statistics indicate a 10 percent increase in cigarettes during the first quarter of 2008 as compared to the same period last year. Various brands of cigarettes worth Rf.34 million were imported in …
As the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen scheduled in December approaches, the debate over responsibility for the danger we have created is heating up. The industrialised world is urging developing nations such as China and India to accept limits on carbon-dioxide emission as a pre-condition for their own emissions-reduction …
With their boundless vistas of turquoise water framed by swaying coconut palms, the Carteret Islands northeast of the Papua New Guinea mainland might seem the idyllic spot to be a castaway. Stuart Beck, the permanent representative for Palau at the United Nations, in 2005. But sea levels have risen so …
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Distribution of billions of dollars in aid after the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami often ignored victims of conflicts raging in Sri Lanka and Indonesia at the time, a report on the lessons of the disaster said on Friday. The report, commissioned by a consortium of five of the hardest-hit countries …
Maldives to spend US $1,100 million THE Maldives has decided to de-carbonize itself by giving up fossil fuels and switching completely to renewable energy. President Mohamed Nasheed on March 16 said US $110 million would be spent every year for the next one decade to eliminate fossil fuel use. As …
Will Maldives cease to exist, engulfed by seas rising from the effects of global warming? Barun Roy / New Delhi April 9, 2009, 0:17 IST Is the Maldives, a country of about 1,200 coral islets and 400,000 people in the Indian Ocean, southwest of Sri Lanka, living on borrowed time? …
Whale sharks are a declining species for which little biological data is available. While these animals are protected in many parts of their range, they are fished legally and illegally in some countries. Baseline biological and ecological data are needed to allow the formulation of an effective conservation plan for …
Close your eyes. Picture white sands and turquoise waters, rows of palm trees cocooning you under the balmy sun. Then, imagine this pristine picture wiped away not simply from your mind, but from reality. The Maldives face an actual and potent risk of extinction. The island state, nowhere higher than …
He made the announcement after the special screening of the new climate change film, The Age of Stupid. The screening of the film was held on Monday night at Theemuge
The Maldives will shift entirely to renewable energy over the next decade to become the first carbon-neutral nation and fight climate change that threatens the low-lying archipelago
Five countries including Sri Lanka are to send their delegations to conduct a feasibility study on the disaster preparedness in Padang, West Sumatra. Two delegates from each of the five countries, Malaysia, Thailand, India, Sri Lanka and Maldives, will participate at this meeting, executive director of the Indonesian Tsunami Alert …
Research conducted by experts show that the various shark species in Maldives were in danger of becoming extinct due to overfishing by shark hunters, the Fisheries Ministry has said. An official from the Ministry said that sharks reproduced at a very slow rate and that also in very small litter …
Maldives prefers India, Sri Lanka, Australia for relocation FOR the new president of Maldives, acquiring land in foreign countries for his people is a priority. The country, said to have over a thousand
President Nasheed: Maldivians will attain higher standard of living using country's natural resources President Mohamed Nasheed has said that the people of Maldives would attain a higher standard of living with the use of the rich natural resources of the country. President Nasheed made the statement while speaking to the …
Rising sea levels are forcing people in low-lying areas to flee their homes This new category of refugees is being called climate migrants They are yet to gain any international legal recognition However, resettlement of residents of islands such as the Maldives to safer locations is being discussed India is …
22 January, 2009 - About 200 foresters, civil servants and villagers of Udzorong and Liza, Khaling gewog mopped the last remains of the first fire in Trashigang dzongkhag, on January 20. The forest fire that began on the evening of Jan 16 lasted three days destroying about 80 hectares of …
