SIDS High-Level Conference on SE4ALL Adopts Barbados Declaration – IISD Reporting Services

Mother Jones SIDS High-Level Conference on SE4ALL Adopts Barbados Declaration IISD Reporting Services The Annex contains voluntary commitments by 19 SIDS: Barbados, Cape Verde, Cook Islands , Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Maldives , Marshall Islands , Mauritius, Nauru, Palau, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, ... Small Islands Team Up on Energy Mother Jones all 18 news articles » Read more »

‘Island President’ Sheds Harsh New Light on Copenhagen Climate Deal – Huffington Post (blog)

' Island President' Sheds Harsh New Light on Copenhagen Climate Deal Huffington Post (blog) The Island President stars 44-year-old Mohamed Nasheed, the first democratically elected president of the Maldives , a low-lying Indian Ocean nation of some 1200 islands and 394000 citizens. Read more »

Don’t read too much into China setting up embassy: Maldives – The Hindu

Minivan News Don't read too much into China setting up embassy: Maldives The Hindu ... up and robbed in Male, Maldives Foreign Minister Abdul Samad Abdullah assured his interlocutors here of his government's willingness to ensure the safety of an estimated 23000 Indians working in far-flung territories of the multi- island country Read more »

Maldives’ first golf course to open later this month — but it can’t float – The Malaysian Insider

The Malaysian Insider Maldives ' first golf course to open later this month — but it can't float The Malaysian Insider MALE, March 18 — The first golf course in the Maldives will open later this month, Shangri-La has confirmed. Read more »

Democracy Imperiled in the Maldives – Huffington Post

Responding to Climate Change (press release) (blog) Democracy Imperiled in the Maldives Huffington Post While luxury resorts had mushroomed on many of the Maldives ' remote islands , most of the population suffered in poverty. Indeed, Gayoom's legacy is one of shattered communities, destitution, crime and widespread drug abuse. Despite their best efforts, ... Read more »

Rising Seas Force Island Nation of Kiribati to Seek New Home – TakePart

TakePart Rising Seas Force Island Nation of Kiribati to Seek New Home TakePart The list has included the Marshall Islands , Tuvalu, the Maldives and Seychelles. And this week the leader of equator-straddling Kiribati officially let it be known that he is also on the hunt for a new place to settle as lapping waves and eroding ... Read more »

Dream of islands in the sun where the odd coup is done – Sydney Morning Herald

Sydney Morning Herald Dream of islands in the sun where the odd coup is done Sydney Morning Herald The Maldives , a dreamy sprawl of 1200 islands in the Indian Ocean, is rarely the subject of parliamentary discourse in Australia. Thus, it seemed curious when the Deputy Opposition Leader, Julie Bishop, asked in question time what Foreign Minister ... and more » Read more »

Maldives vice president wants release of detained top judge, in sign of … – Washington Post

Maldives vice president wants release of detained top judge, in sign of ... Washington Post Imran led a protest last month demanding the government cancel plans to allow direct flights from Israel, stop selling alcohol in the islands where Maldivians live and to dismantle monuments donated by other countries to a South Asia summit which he .. Read more »