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National Activities: Maldives
Maldives
National Workshop on Field Testing of Sustainable Development Indicators
4-5 March 1998
Bandos Island Resort, Maldives
ANNEX II
Priority Issues Identified for Maldives by the Workshop
GROUP A
- Income and saving
- Tourism
- Energy
- Fisheries
- Transportation
- Fishing
- Agriculture
- Communication
- ODA
- Limited resources
- Technology
- Urbanization
- Education
- Values, heritage, culture
- Health
- Women
- Population
- Housing
- Groundwater
- Air pollution
- Coastal and marine environment
- Bio-diversity
GROUP B
- Coral reef protection
- Coastal fisheries
- Coral reef fisheries
- Tuna fisheries
- Coral and sand mining
- Marine pollution
- Tourism development
- Waste management (solid and liquid)
- Human resources development
- Institutional strengthening
- Changing consumption patterns
- Expatriate labour
- Uneven distribution of population
- Land use patterns
- Energy resources assessment
- Land reclamation
- Lack of public involvement in decision-making
- Conservation of water resources
- Public awareness 7 education
- Lack of public facilities for recreation