Maldives

Country number:
50
Territory number:
55
"It has been popular to threaten “small islands and low-lying coasts” with scenarios of disastrous future flooding. The Maldives has been the most utilised target. We have undertaken a careful analysis of actual sea level changes in the Maldives. No rise has been recorded either in the present or the past centuries."
Nils-Axel Morner

Tales from Maldives

Maldives - Land of a Thousand Islands

There are 1,192 islands in the Maldives, on 26 atolls. They are divided into: inhabited, uninhabited and (recently) disappeared islands
There are 1,192 islands in the Maldives, on 26 atolls. They are divided into: inhabited, uninhabited and (recently) disappeared islands
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