Environment
Foreign travellers account for 95% of tourism-related emissions in Maldives
The study looked at who was responsible for tourism-related carbon emissions: travellers or the tourist destinations.
09 May 2018, 09:00
US$165m ‘secured’ for Greater Malé waste management
Finance Minister Ahmed Munawar secured US$165 million as financing from various multilateral donors during the annual meeting of the Asian Development Bank’s board of governors last week.
07 May 2018, 09:00
How parrotfish poop formed the Maldives
How the paradisiacal islands of the Maldives emerged from the ocean is featured in the next episode of the new National Geographic documentary series One Strange Rock.
07 May 2018, 09:00
Health authorities silent over dengue case increase
The Maldives Independent has received unconfirmed reports of two dengue-related deaths this year, including a foreign worker at a resort.
07 May 2018, 09:00
Met Service issues white alert
Heavy rains and thunderstorms are also expected in the southern atolls, with moderate showers in other regions.
22 Apr 2018, 09:00
Thousands join Malé clean-up event
Volunteers from government offices, independent bodies and state-owned companies, as well as schools and private groups, collected 70 tonnes of waste.
21 Apr 2018, 09:00
WAMCO takes over Malé cleaning
Malé city council warned earlier this week there was a threat of disease because of littering in the capital.
19 Apr 2018, 09:00
Threat of disease from Malé litter, says council
The council said not enough had been done to keep Malé clean in the three years since the housing ministry seized control of waste disposal responsibilities.
17 Apr 2018, 09:00
Komandoo land reclamation complete
Reclamation of about 70 percent of the lagoon around the northern island has doubled its landmass from about ten hectares to nearly 20 hectares.
16 Apr 2018, 09:00
Addu and Fuvahmulah nature parks opening in June
“Visitor Centres” and boardwalks have been built in Fuvuhmulah’s Eydhigali Kilhi and Addu’s Koattey protected areas to offer hiking, bicycling and mangrove canoe tours as well as snorkelling and reef diving.
12 Apr 2018, 09:00
Environment ministry ignored ring road project concerns
Top Environment Protection Agency officials said they were prevented from warning the housing ministry to stop the ongoing ring road work.
11 Apr 2018, 09:00
Plenty more fish in the sea as over a ton discarded
The spike across the Maldives, especially in the south, has led to complaints about an ice shortage to keep the fish frozen, as well as MIFCO and other firms lacking buying capacity.
10 Apr 2018, 09:00
Malé outer road expansion breaching environment rules
The road, which is being widened in preparation for the opening of the China-Maldives Friendship Bridge, will connect Malé to Hulhumalé.
10 Apr 2018, 09:00
NGO criticises government reclamation project
Ecocare Maldives says the environmental impact assessment was done in 2011 and is outdated.
09 Apr 2018, 09:00
EPA slaps MVR100m fine for reef damage
The Environment Protection Agency has ordered two vessels that ran aground on a reef to pay MVR100 million (US$6.5 million) as compensation for damages.
26 Mar 2018, 09:00
Housing ministry under fire for Malé building work
Malé’s landscape is changing rapidly amid construction projects and infrastructure upgrades.
25 Mar 2018, 09:00
Anti-littering ‘environment cops’ to patrol capital
Around 255,826 metric tonnes of solid waste was generated in Malé in 2014, a 155 percent increase over the preceding decade.
19 Mar 2018, 09:00
Schools to axe single use plastics by April
Single use plastics or disposable plastics are items like plastic bags, straws, coffee stirrers, plastic bottles and food packaging that are used once and thrown away.
13 Mar 2018, 09:00
No military purpose for Chinese observatory in Maldives: report
Chinese state media denied Indian reports that there was an ulterior motive for positioning the observatory in the Maldives.
28 Feb 2018, 09:00
US$126m cash injection from ADB for waste management project
Thilafushi island, which is seven kilometres from Malé, stores the refuse produced in the capital and uses it as landfill, or the rubbish is burnt.
23 Jan 2018, 09:00
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