3.10 - Maldives Environmental Refugees

Question 1

SLR prediction

Answer 1

59cm by 2100

Question 2

Hazards which are experienced?

Answer 2

Coastal erosion
SLR
Salinity intrusion
Monsoon and rainfall pattern changes

Question 3

Some measures considered and implemented by the government

Answer 3

Sea walls

Relocation to India, Australia, NZ

Question 4

How many metres above sea level is it

Answer 4

1.5m

Question 5

What human factors make the Maldives more vulnerable

Answer 5

Important infrastructure like schools, health centres, and power plants are close to the shoreline

Question 6

If the SLR prediction is right, what should probably happen?

Answer 6

200 inhabited islands will need to be abandoned

Question 7

% of capital city residents unemployed

Answer 7

20% of Malé

Question 8

How hazards affect residents?

Answer 8

Less freshwater
Traditional income through fishing
Mangroves

Question 9

How does the “mangroves for the future’ scheme help?

Answer 9

Communities involved in maintaining defences against coastal erosion and flooding

Question 10

What is the Global Environmental Facility?

Answer 10

Small grants to islandersnto develop organic farming for an alternative food/income source (less reliance on fish)

Question 11

% of country threatened

Answer 11

97%

Question 12

The government want to

Answer 12

Use money to buy land in India, Australia, NZ