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on June 29, 2009

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"Do we need a national dialogue on 'adaptation focused population consolidation' in the Maldives?"

In October last year, I shared my thoughts on why we need a national dialogue on adaptation focused population consolidation in the Maldives. The article titled "Do we need a national dialogue on 'adaptation focused population consolidation' in the Maldives?" was published on Maldives Policy Think Tank . Bellow is an extract of the article that gives a summary of what is discussed in the article: -- Where are we at? Evidently, climate change poses an irreversible and existential threat to these islands, affecting islanders, their economy and their environment. The resilience of Maldivian islands is deeply rooted on their natural bio-geophysical features, their size, shape, topography, vegetation, and their coastal and marine environment health. Unplanned, (unsustainable) development practices over the years have led to irreversible environmental change, increases in population pressures, unplanned urbanization, reclamation and coastal modification have significa...

Photos: Eidhigali Kilhi and Koattey Area - Addu City

The Eidhigali Kilhi and Koattey Area located in Addu City Hithadhoo, is literally the Addu Nature Park. This environmentally significant location has been declared protected on 7th December 2004 and later on 13th September 2018 by the Environment Act of the Maldives. The lake at the far end of Hithadhoo is the biggest in the country and attracts varied birdlife to its shores. It has been incorporated into the Eedhigali Kilhi and Kottey Protected Area, which at 570 hectares is the largest of its kind in Maldives. On average, the value of ecosystem services of mangrove forests amounts to about 21,100 USD/ha.a (2018 prices). Mangrove forests also provide important regulating ecosystem services (such as carbon sequestration or erosion and flood control), amounting to about 36,100 USD/ha.a.

In Photos: Kuhlhavah (ކުއްޅަވައް)

Kuhlhavah (ކުއްޅަވައް), also known as Mangrove Apple ( Sonneratia caseolaris ) photographed in Maafallu Fengadu in Kulhudhuffushi City, North Maldives. This is a pioneering species that colonizes newly formed mudflats (Terrados et al . 1997), and can expand rapidly in number, especially in optim um conditions of low salinity. The roots of the tree is thick, tall peg type, robust above ground blunt pneumatophores roots . T he leaves and the fruit are edible (and is quite delicious). Habitat loss has significantly dropped the number to this species, making Kuhlhavah very rare. Note: Pneumatophores roots: lateral roots that grow upward out of the mud and water to function as this site of oxygen intake for the submerged primary root system P.S. If you don't know the folk tale: " Kuḷḷavah Falu Rani " (Queen of the Mangrove Forest) suggest reading 'Folk Tales of the Maldives' by Xavier Romero-Frias

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