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| Danger to Whale Shark in the Maldives |
| The Maldives Whale Shark Project studies the whale shark population here in the Maldives, collecting whale shark sightings from throughout the atolls to build up a picture of the structure and movements of these colossal sharks. Through collaboration with visiting researchers and various dive centres across the Maldives we have built up a comprehensive photographic database from over 400 sightings going back several years... read more |
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White Tern, the Symbol of
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The White Tern (Gygis alba) locally know as Dhondheeni, sometimes called as Kandhuvalu dhooni is a small seabird traditionally only confined to the Addu Atoll, the southern uttermost atoll in the Maldives. However, the White Tern is commonly found across the tropical seas of the world and in the Indian Ocean... read more
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Endangered Maldives
Fruit Bat |
| Two species of megabats had been recorded in the Maldives, namely Pteropus hypomelanus maris and Pteropus giganteus ariel. Although 16 subspecies of fruit bat has been documented and common world wide, the subspecies Pteropus hypomelanus maris of the Maldives is considered endangered due to excessive culling and limited...
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Bluepeace Calls for Creation of
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Bluepeace has called for the creation of nature reserves to offset increasing environmental damage caused by rising industrial activity.
In a press release issued on World Environment Day, 5 June, Bluepeace said the increasing “use of uninhabited islands for tourism and other industrial activities are causing considerable changes to the island biodiversity and its ecosystems.”
“It is imperative to declare protected islands as natural reserves for the benefit of the present and future generations. The islands’ ecosystems and native biodiversity has to be protected, preserved and monitored as our natural heritage,” Bluepeace added.
Bluepeace has cautioned against the rush to build more resorts, however, and calls for wider public consultation before islands are chosen for development... read more |
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| New Homeland Elsewhere is Not the Only Solution for Climate Victims of the Maldives |
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| The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has recently projected in its latest report, the rise of the sea level worldwide... read more |
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| Sand Mining Might Erase Some Islands from Map of Maldives |
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| Since time immemorial artisanal coral sand extraction or mining from local beaches and lagoons, mainly for construction... read more |
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| Whale Shark Mating Area is Leased for Developing into Industrial Site |
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| Hanifaru in Baa Atoll, is an uninhabited island with a natural underwater bay -locally known as ‘Vandhumaafaru Adi’ famous for whale sharks. The bay, known to... read more |
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| Thilafushi: Toxic Bomb in the Ocean |
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| Thilafushi was originally a lagoon called ‘Thilafalhu’, with a length of 7 km and a width of 200 metres at the shallowest regions, situated... read more |
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