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Item Maldives: Kulhudhuffishi harbor expansion project (financed by the technical assistance special fund) main report(Ministry of Finance and Treasury and Ministry of Housing and Infrastructure, 2016-04-01) Ministry of Finance and Treasury and Ministry of Housing and Infrastructure; މިނިސްޓްރީ އޮފް ފިނޭންސް އެންޑް ޓްރެޒަރީ އަދި މިނިސްޓްރީ އޮފް ހައުސިން އެންޑް އިންފްރާސްޓްރަކްޗަރItem Integrating clean energy in small island power systems : Maldives experience(Energy Procedia, 2016-04) Wijayatunga Priyantha; ވިޖަޔަތުންގާ ޕުރިއަންތާ; George Len; ލެން ޖޯޖް; Lopez Antonio; އެންޓޯނިއޯ ލޮޕެޒް; Aguado Jose A.; ޖޯސް އޭ. އަގުއަޑޯProviding affordable, reliable clean electricity supplies is a major challenge small island nations face due to factors such as dispersed nature of their population in small individual islands, heavy dependence on imported fossil fuels for power generation and absence of economy of scale. The paper discusses the design of hybrid diesel-solar photovoltaic systems with energy storage with a sample involving five islands in Maldives. The study has shown that implementation of diesel-solar PV hybrid power generation systems with storage in small island countries increase energy security and they are economically and environmentally attractiveItem Drowning in rising seas : navigating multiple knowledge systems and responding to climate change in the Maldives(Pitzer College, 2017-04) Spiegel, Rachel H.; ރޭޗަލް އެޗް. ސްޕީގެލްThe threat of global climate change increasingly influences the actions of human society. As world leaders have negotiated adaptation strategies over the past couple of decades, a certain discourse has emerged that privileges Western conceptions of environmental degradation. I argue that this framing of climate change inhibits the successful implementation of adaptation strategies. This thesis focuses on a case study of the Maldives, an island nation deemed one of the most vulnerable locations to the impacts of rising sea levels. I apply a postcolonial theoretical framework to examine how differing knowledge systems can both complement and contradict one another. By analyzing government-enforced relocation policies in the Maldives, I find that points of contradiction between Western and indigenous environmental epistemologies can create opportunities to bridge the gap between isolated viewpoints and serve as moments to resist the dominant climate change discourse.Item Maldives energy policy and strategy(Ministry of Environment and Energy މިނިސްޓްރީ އޮފް އެންވައިރަމެންޓް އެންޑް އެނާޖީ, 2016) Ministry of Environment and Energy މިނިސްޓްރީ އޮފް އެންވައިރޮންމެންޓް އެންޑް އެނާޖީItem The Maldives : a climate change kaleidoscope(Ministry of Environment and Energy މިނިސްޓްރީ އޮފް އެންވައިރަމެންޓް އެންޑް އެނާޖީ, 2015-11)Item ދުނިޔޭގެ ވައިލްޑް ލައިފް ދުވަސް 2017(މިނިސްޓްރީ އޮފް އެންވަޔަރަންމަންޓް އެންޑް އެނަރޖީ, 2017) މިނިސްޓްރީ އޮފް އެންވަޔަރަންމަންޓް އެންޑް އެނަރޖީ; Ministry of Environment and EnergyItem Environmental impacts of tourism and management in Maldives(CRDEEP, 2013) Kundur, Suresh Kumar; Murthy, KrishnaItem Coastal habitats of Maldives : status, trends, threats, and potential conservation strategies(International Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research, 2017-03-03) Dhunya, Aminath; Huang, Qinghui; Aslam, AhmedCoastal environments has been always considered as one of the significant source of natural resources for the mankind. However there is growing threats on these extremely fragile, yet richest ecosystems. Anthropogenic presence, pressures along with natural as well as climate change effects had adversely affected the wellbeing of marine ecosystems, impairing structures, functions of theses environments and compromising resource gain from marine and coastal environments. This paper would aim in describing a synopsis of the unique physical and ecological attributes of coastal ecosystem of the Maldives and analyse the main anthropogenic pressures as well as the climate related issues to these ecosystems. Coastal ecosystems of the Maldives are at risk from numerous threats with a range of impact scales from local to global level. Some of the acute stressors are those from climate variability and climate change as well as due to some unregulated fishing practices. Also, chronic stressors like coastal modifications, pollution and economic activities are serious threats to the coastal habitats of the Maldives. There are plentiful of researches available for the coral reefs of Maldives, especially with regard to the bleaching events in late1990s. However, for the mangroves, seagrasses ecosystems only a handful of studies are available. The main threats to these ecosystems are related to human settlements, infrastructure development resulting from the increasing population. In this paper we highlight the current government strategies for conservation of the habitats and also recommend some applicable ecosystem based management and conservation strategies that are practiced in other parts of the world.Item Climate change legislation in Maldives : an excerpt from the 2015 global climate legislation study : a review of climate change legislation in 99 countries(Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and Environment, 2015) Nachmany, Michal; Fankhauser, Sam; Davidová, Jana; Kingsmill, Nick; Landesman, Tucker; Roppongi, Hitomi; Schleifer, Philip; Setzer, Joana; Sharman, Amelia; Singleton, C. Stolle; Sundaresan, Jayaraj; Townshend, TerryItem Maldives climate change policy framework(United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, 2014) United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction