ʻAʻole hiki i nā Maldives ke kūleʻa i ke kalapona me ka pepehi ʻole ʻana i ka mākaʻikaʻi

I ka makahiki 1960, ua hōʻike ʻia kahi hōʻike o nā Aupuni Hui Pū ʻIa i nā Maldives, ʻo ke kaumaha, ʻaʻole paha ia e huki i nā mākaʻikaʻi.

I ka makahiki 1960, ua hōʻike ʻia kahi hōʻike o nā Aupuni Hui Pū ʻIa i nā Maldives, ʻo ke kaumaha, ʻaʻole paha ia e huki i nā mākaʻikaʻi.

ʻAʻole nui ka ulu ʻana ma nā puʻupuʻu koʻa ma ka moana ʻĪnia ma waho o ka niu a me ka iʻa, ua hōʻike ka hōʻike: ʻo ka Maldives ka hilinaʻi nui i ka lawe ʻana mai a ʻo nā awa kokoke loa he mau haneli mau mile ka mamao. He kakaikahi o kona mau mokupuni helelei 1,000 i loaa ka uila. Akā i loko o nā makahiki he ʻumi, ua hoʻokumu ka Maldives i kona inoa i kēia manawa, he paradaiso hoʻomaha no ka poʻe honeymooners, scuba divers a me nā mea waiwai nui.

Ma ka Poalua, ua hōʻike hou ka ʻāina liʻiliʻi o 350,000 mau kānaka i hiki ke kuʻi ma luna o kona kaumaha. ʻO ka Pelekikena Maldivian, ʻo Mohamed Nasheed, kaʻana like me Barack Obama a me Hu Jintao ma ka United Nations General Assembly, kahi i noi ai ʻo ia i ke kumu o nā mokuʻāina liʻiliʻi i pilikia i ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke aniau. I nā nūhou he nui, ʻo Nasheed ka mea i hana i nā poʻo.

Ma nā ʻano he nui ʻo Maldives ka lāhui liʻiliʻi i hiki. ʻOiai ka liʻiliʻi o kona heluna kanaka a me kona wahi hoʻolālā, ʻaʻole ia i colonized (ua hoʻokuʻu maluhia ʻo ia i ka poʻe Pelekania, nāna i hoʻolilo iā ia i pale, i ka makahiki 1965). Ua mālama ʻo ia i kāna ʻōlelo kūʻokoʻa a me kāna palapala, a kau ʻia ma kāna ʻano moʻomeheu i ka wā e hoʻokomo ai i ka Islam, nā mea mai nā hoʻomana ʻApelika, nā mea kilokilo ʻeleʻele, ka kuke ʻana o India a me ka moʻomeheu moku Pelekane i kekahi manawa. I ka makahiki 2008, ua hoʻololi ʻia ʻo ia i ka hoʻololi maluhia i ke aupuni democracy a ua mahalo ʻia ʻo ia i kumu hoʻohālike no nā lāhui Muslim ʻē aʻe.

I kēia manawa, inā e manaʻoʻiʻo ʻia ʻo Nasheed a me nā ʻepekema ʻepekema he nui, ke alo nei i ka paʻakikī nui loa o nā mea āpau. ʻO 2.4 mau mika kona kiʻekiʻe ma luna o ka ʻilikai a e like me nā wānana ʻeleʻele hiki ke hoʻopaʻa ʻia i loko o 100 mau makahiki ke hoʻomau ka hoʻololi ʻana o ke aniau.

ʻO Nasheed, he mea kākau moʻolelo mua, mai kona koho ʻana i hoʻolilo ʻo Maldives i waha waha no nā miliona a puni ka honua i pilikia paha (ʻo wai ka mea e hoʻolohe iā Kiribati a i ʻole Tonga, a i Bangladesh paha?). I ka wā mua, i ka euphoria ma hope o ka hōʻea ʻana o ke aupuni demokala, ua manaʻo ʻo Nasheed e hele ʻo ia e kūʻai i ʻāina hou ma kahi kiʻekiʻe. Ua hahai ʻia ka haʻalulu mai nā mea hoʻopukapuka kālā a me nā kamaʻāina, no laila ua neʻe ʻo ia i nā hoʻolālā maikaʻi aʻe, me ka hoʻohiki ʻana e alakaʻi ka ʻāina i ke ala ma o ka lilo ʻana i carbon neutral i nā makahiki he ʻumi. Mai ia manawa mai, ua pūlima ʻo ia i ʻaelike e paionia i ka ʻenehana hopu kalapona ma o ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ka carbon dioxide i loko o nā niu i puhi ʻia.

Eia nō naʻe he kūʻē i ka puʻuwai o ka hoʻolaha Maldives, i hoʻoikaika ʻia e ka chutzpah a he maka no ka moʻolelo maikaʻi e like me ia e kekahi hoʻolālā lōʻihi (ʻoiaʻiʻo, ke kānalua nei kekahi mau ʻepekema i ka pilikia o ka ʻāina. i nā mea āpau).

Hoʻopuka pololei ka mākaʻikaʻi i ka 70 pākēneka o kāna GDP, a ʻoiai ʻo ka ikehu hou a me ka hopu kalapona he mau wahi naʻauao e hoʻololi ai, ʻaʻole loa e noi nā Maldives i ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi e hoʻōki i ka hele ʻana mai - ʻo ia hoʻi ʻaʻole ia e noi i nā mokulele e hoʻōki i ka lele. Me ka ʻenehana hou e hiki ai ke hoʻohana i kahi hoʻomaha ma ka ikehu hou, akā he mau makahiki ka lōʻihi o ka mokulele ʻōmaʻomaʻo.

ʻO ka hoʻopau ʻana i nā mokulele ʻo ia ka pani ʻana i nā ʻenekini o ka hoʻomohala ʻana i lilo ai ka Maldives South Asia i ʻāina waiwai loa. No laila, pono e hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻia kāna mau ʻōlelo a me nā hoʻolālā hou me ka nui o ka hoʻoheheʻe ʻana i ka ʻala. A ma kēia ʻano, ʻokoʻa iki ʻo Mohamed Nasheed mai Barack Obama a i ʻole Hu Jintao.

He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:

  • Eia nō naʻe he kūʻē i ka puʻuwai o ka hoʻolaha Maldives, i hoʻoikaika ʻia e ka chutzpah a he maka no ka moʻolelo maikaʻi e like me ia e kekahi hoʻolālā lōʻihi (ʻoiaʻiʻo, ke kānalua nei kekahi mau ʻepekema i ka pilikia o ka ʻāina. i nā mea āpau).
  • Tourism directly and indirectly generates 70 per cent of its GDP, and although renewable energy and carbon capture are wise areas in which to diversify, the Maldives will never ask the tourists to stop coming — which means it will never ask the planes to stop flying.
  • Nasheed, a former journalist, has since his election made the Maldives a mouthpiece for the millions around the world who may be at risk (who listens to Kiribati or Tonga, or even Bangladesh.

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