Maldives: Building boom in marine paradise | Global Ideas

The Maldives are on a construction drive, aimed at boosting tourism. New airports, artificial islands and luxury resorts are springing up everywhere, exacting a huge toll on the environment and the lives of the local people.
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[@ismailimadudeen1984]

I'd been living in the Maldives from 1996 to 2005. Strikingly, new islands do emerge, naturally just in the middle of the Sea! So it's no big deal. I guess the Maldives is doing well. Nature would rebuild itself after a while there.

[@uewyryyre]

The issue this video is highlighting isn't the impact of resorts being built at the cost of the environment but how it's affecting those that live there. It's a very simple and privileged perspective to flippantly say "it's no big deal" when evidently you're not being remotely affected by the local displacement this construction influx is causing. Even if islands popped out of the sea as rapidly as you seem to believe it wouldn't provide some utopian refuge that local residents could teleport all of their belongings and families to safely. Even if that was viable, why should resorts replacing local residents to profit offshore investors and government officials be justified when it does no good for anyone other than the rich?

[@ismailimadudeen1984]

@@uewyryyre Got your point.

[@MrBoliao98]

They will legitimately regret removing any mangroves, you legitly need that stuff if you're in the open sea

[@AscheDjidoi]

Never build a house on sand. Build it on rock.

[@bryandanielcasanodelacruz3676]

Dabieeeeñ

[@chandakaunda9298]

I will travel soon with my kids and husband, its a wonderful place 🤩

[@steveh1844]

You clearly didn’t understand the video...

[@gustavorubeninsaurralde7504]

Nice

[@user-zr3fl4oz9m]

Can anyone tell me Taj Exotica on natural or man made island

[@mosesnsereko9763]

DW Tv.you should advise yo viewers to see beyond what they wish or dream, the Earth is not a personal property, their permanent property is a grave.

[@GuaroLlanero]

Aren't there commercial palm trees plantations in the islands? Are those trees being uprooted from "wild" areas?

[@taniaaustin6433]

Wouldn't digging up seabeds to make islands for tourism's make it more likely other islands to flood apparently one reason that Venice florida is because a channel was dug in the seabed to gets cruise ships in increasing capacity therefore increasing the volume of water to then flood Venice. Does anybody know if this is likely

[@taniaaustin6433]

Sorry should be Venice Floods

[@sultansofblack5740]

We needed to have more 🏝 government by 2014 - 2019 , Brilliant 👏 cabinet and president brings more lights to whole nation wide in every sectors improved better perspectives... 2021 Maldives 🇲🇻 became slow and more like in early ninety... Current ibu government has proven to be extra slow and more difficult 😒 than ever

[@nukapuka]

Simply grow the trees. Very easy to grow from coconuts. People don't grow. That is the problem.

[@yaish6753]

They do it. But its actually illegal to transport big trees. All thanks to the corrupt leaders of the country

[@steveh1844]

These are small coral atolls - the palm trees mature slowly & decades old and shouldn’t be turned into agricultural. They are destroying natural areas for the sake of aesthetics.

[@terrirobinson2935]

So very sad . Governments should be the servants of the people.

[@aminuaidara8601]

This time the government are not for the people..

[@Contractor48]

Well, I believe that government should work for betterment of the people. Not for the people or be their servant.

[@terrirobinson2935]

@@Contractor48 The basis of a true republic is that the government only serves the people. It exists ONLY to represent the nation as a unit and protect the nation. (Of course, keeping those in power to these limitations takes vigilance.) Still, this setup provides the most freedom and safety for the people.

[@radosvetakinova1216]

Money money money

[@musthoqasim7651]

it seems these maldivians who are talking about mangrooves and coco palms may have discovered Maldives for the v first time ! Maldivians dont remember a generation that they have never faced these beach erosions coral bleaching.. etc etc

[@logowatchman]

Wait a second. I thought climate change was going to raise sea levels?

[@ahmedphaisal1658]

We don’t need your opinion thank you

[@sizanogreen9900]

They will all be living under the sea soon enough if we humans keep going as we do. Might as well start importing pineapples...

[@donnalemmo1839]

So beautiful..so sad!! Always about money..can't spend money in an apocalyptic world, keep destroying, why can't we have have beautiful things? Because of greed!!

[@gvaanang]

India should acquire the entire Maldives....

[@naisam7859]

Haha it will be even worse😂

[@captianpicard1055]

Acquire your Mom

[@gvaanang]

@@captianpicard1055 hahah! I am always hers...

[@ahmedphaisal1658]

Make your own toilet first

[@maldives_emergency_vehicles]

We are a free country 🇲🇻🇲🇻🇲🇻🇲🇻

[@starcrib]

disgusting. the natural radiance of the entire island chain is being turned into a Disney Land , #boycottmaldives

[@saltymonke3682]

yes boycott them, boycott locals from getting a job. They don't need jobs or food

[@cheesecakelover6692]

Maldives authorities should limit the construction of resorts. In a few years maldives will be wipe out of the map, cause of the rising sea levels. That should be the main concern of their government not the building of resorts.

[@saltymonke3682]

lol, do you know that land reclamation means they are tackling the rising sea level?