In many cases the children are unable to register what is happening to them from the shock, and end up dying from the shock and not the injuries themselves. As you file your taxes in the US/EU, remember where they are going.
Hope whoever takes the helm next, be it @MohamedNasheed or @prz_ymn, saves 🇲🇻 from the cluthes of these piranhas. Lagoons, Islands and clutches in local businesses with minimal return to the people and state.
Let me know if anything is missing.
A Russian-linked offshore company investing hundreds of millions of dollars into an SEZ in Maldives. Hmmmm nothing suspicious! @MMA_Maldives
It’s Ocean Day, but in the Maldives, there is an invisible line between "celebration" and "exploitation." Look past the glossy postcards of pristine reefs and azure lagoons, and you will find a different reality: a systemic sale of nature for quick development.
Our reefs, the very bedrock of this island nation, are being dredged to dust. Essential habitats for hundreds of marine species are being intentionally destroyed. Entire ecosystems are buried under sand, and the corals are literally displaced—not preserved—to make way for artificial, man-made islands designed for sale.
This model is a dead end. We cannot build a sustainable future by liquidating the natural resources that define us. When we destroy the lagoon, we don't just lose a reef; we lose our primary defense against rising seas, we lose the nurseries that sustain our local fisheries, and we lose the heart of Maldives' natural beauty.
It is time to stop viewing our oceans as a commodity for high-bidders. This Ocean Day, we demand to protect the Ocean of Maldives. Demand real transparency. Demand a stop to the indiscriminate dredging of healthy reef systems. Demand sustainable coastal development that works with nature, not against it. Our future depends on it.
#OceanDay #ProtectTheOcean #Maldives #ClimateAction #SaveOurReefs #SustainableDevelopment #SayNoToDredging #ProtectMaldivesReefs #DredgingReality