the maldives
- Created by: Charlottedrinkwater
- Created on: 03-12-16 13:47
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- Case Study of the Maldives
- tourism is very important to the Maldives economy.
- providing almost 30% of its GDP
- figures from 2014
- 80% of island 1 metre above sea level
- 9mm per year the sea level rises.
- the president Nasheed's plan was to buy a new homeland for people.
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- fishing brings in food for the population and to sell to others.
- people will be forced to leave there houses and possibly become environmental refugies
- the total population is about 400,000
- the government is building bigger walls and reclaiming land back from the sea and making it 2 metres above sea level
- the Maldives is a small country
- its made yp of over 1000 islands in the Indian Ocean
- it is the lowest country in the world
- its highest point being only 2.4 metres above sea level
- in 2100 the Maldives will be gone
- tourism is very important to the Maldives economy.
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