Maldives

• what are the maldives?

  group of tiny islands in the indian ocean
• what is the population?

  544000
• what is happening?

  desalinsation of salt water

  IMported bottled fresh water

  Invest in rainwater harvesting techniques
• what may happen?

  relocate entire population - climate refugees- to sri lanka
• what are houses being built on?


  stilts
• what is constructed?

  artificial islands eg city of hope fortified with 3m high sea wall
• what is predicted?

  uninhabitable by 2030

  submerged by 2070
• what will happen with mangroves?

  restore and protet mangrove forests- protection from storm waves