Mongabay: The Maldives will establish a trust fund to buy a homeland abroad once rising sea levels swamp the island nation, says Mohamed Nasheed, president-elect of the Maldives. The funds would come from the country’s revenue from tourism. "Global warming and environmental issues are issues of major concern to the Maldivian people. We are just about three feet above sea level," Ibrahim Hussein Zaki, Mr Nasheed’s spokesman, told the BBC’s World Today program. "So any sea level rise could have a …
Nov 10th, 2008 by Administrator |
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