4.3 - Maldives Sustainable Management

Question 1

ELSA

Answer 1

Environmental
Legislation
Scientific Knowledge
All Stakeholders

Question 2

Sustainable Coastal Management

Answer 2

Managing resources
Managing flooding/recession
Alternative water supplies
EDucation communities on adaptation

Question 3

Why Might There Be Conflict

Answer 3

A reduction in natural resources may reduce incomes
Engineering may require relocation which isn’t always possible
There will be setbacks as some flooding/erosion will persist
SLR may bypass any erosion in the future

Question 4

Maldives Issue

Answer 4

97% of the countrty is threatened by SLR/floods
Money is spent populating 2 most populated cities (Male & Hulukmale)
Other islands are much less populated

Question 5

How Do People Feel

Answer 5

Urban areas/tourism are given high priority
Traditional income (fishing) and mangroves are given low priority
Different trades will suffer if nothing is done

Question 6

Solutions

Answer 6

‘Mangroves For The Future’
GEF Grants
Prioritise Populated Areas

Question 7

‘Mangroves For The Future’

Answer 7

Helping communities maintain swamps to acrt as defences