Holiday News

Maldives plan to reclaim land for tourism could ‘choke the ecosystem’

  • 📰 Guardian news
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 1 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 4%
  • Publisher: 68%

Holiday Holiday Headlines News

Holiday Holiday Latest News,Holiday Holiday Headlines

Vulnerable island nation split over project to dredge millions of tonnes of sand to create land for resorts and industry at Addu Atoll, made a Unesco reserve for its seagrass and mangroves

Sara Naseem, advocacy manager at Transparency Maldives, said guaranteed environmental safeguards needed to be in place, and is concerned that local people will not benefit enough. “The additional islands that are being reclaimed are for tourism development, to be given to the rich and elite for them to build businesses,” she said.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.

Nothing to do with us.

We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 28. in HOLİDAY

Holiday Holiday Latest News, Holiday Holiday Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

Holly Willoughby and Bradley Walsh's BBC travel prize quiz show Take Off 'axed'Holly Willoughby and Bradley Walsh’s BBC One show Take Off has reportedly been axed by the broadcaster following its four-episode run last summer. The bbc are so lame, that was a good and funny program
Source: MetroUK - 🏆 13. / 82 Read more »