Environmental Concerns
Natural hazards: low level of islands makes them very sensitive to sea level rise.
Some scientists fear it could be underwater by 2050 or 2100. The UN's environmental panel has warned that, at current rates, sea level would be high enough to make the country uninhabitable by 2100. President Mohamed Nasheed aims to turn the Maldives into an entirely carbon neutral nation by 2020.
Environment - current issues: depletion of freshwater aquifers threatens water supplies, global warming and sea level rise, coral reef bleaching, overpopulation, deforestation, and air pollution
Environment - international agreements: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Hazardous Wastes, Ozone Layer Protection, Law of the Sea
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