The Maldives spent four years and millions of dollars conducting what was described as the world’s largest ocean-use survey. Surveyors visited 189 islands and collected nearly 5,000 responses, mapping where Maldivians fish, dive and depend on the ocean for their livelihoods. The goal was a legally-binding marine spatial plan that would reduce conflicts between ocean users and protect 20 percent of the country’s waters. But six years after the project was launched, no marine spatial plan has emerged. The project is now understood to be on hold, while large-scale reclamation and infrastructure projects continue across the country. So what happened to the data — and why isn’t it being used? Read the full story: https://maldivesindependent.com/environment/the-maldives-conducted-a-historic-ocean-use-survey-what-has-it-done-with-the-results-a506 Facebook

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El Niño is developing and is expected to persist through the rest of 2026. But for the Maldives, the real question is what happens next. The country’s worst ecological crises have not been driven by El Niño alone. They occurred when El Niño coincided with a positive Indian Ocean Dipole, a climate pattern that warms waters around the Maldives and amplifies impacts on reefs, fisheries, mangroves and coastlines. In 1998, that combination bleached up to 90% of Maldivian reefs. In 2016, more than 70% of reefs suffered severe damage. More recently, the 2023-24 global bleaching event caused significant coral mortality across parts of the country. The good news is that climate scientists are not sounding an alarm after the fact. The Maldives has a window of several months before the effects are likely to be felt locally, giving communities, fisheries operators, developers and policymakers time to prepare. We break down...

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As the MDP chairperson election intensifies, one argument has come to dominate the campaign: that the chairperson must remain neutral in order to oversee a free and fair presidential primary. But there is a problem with that claim. According to the MDP’s own standing orders, the chairperson does not administer presidential primaries. That responsibility belongs to a five-member committee appointed by the party’s National Council, a system that was used in the 2023 primary between Ibrahim Mohamed Solih and Mohamed Nasheed and in previous presidential primaries before that. In his latest column, Mohamed Saif Fathih argues that the party’s rules were deliberately designed to separate presidential primaries from elected party leaders because senior leadership figures are often contenders or political actors themselves. Expecting a chairperson to somehow exist outside factional politics, he writes, misunderstands the purpose of the office. The column also revisits how the 2023 primary committee was formed,...

As the MDP chairperson election intensifies, one argument has come to dominate the campaign: that the chairperson must remain neutral in order to oversee a free and fair presidential primary. But there is a problem with that claim. According to the MDP’s own standing orders, the chairperson does not administer presidential primaries. That responsibility belongs to a five-member committee appointed by the party’s National Council, a system that was used in the 2023 primary between Ibrahim Mohamed Solih and Mohamed Nasheed and in previous presidential primaries before that. In his latest column, Mohamed Saif Fathih argues that the party’s rules were deliberately designed to separate presidential primaries from elected party leaders because senior leadership figures are often contenders or political actors themselves. Expecting a chairperson to somehow exist outside factional politics, he writes, misunderstands the purpose of the office. The column also revisits how the 2023 primary committee was formed,...

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