馬爾地夫共和國

位於印度洋的群島國家,平均海拔高度僅1.5公尺,是全球受到海平面上升威脅最嚴重的國家之一。旅遊業在馬爾地夫是兩面刃。海島型觀光收入讓馬爾地夫成為南亞人均收入最高的國家,卻也使環境受到衝擊。2022年,荷蘭籍承包商打算在馬爾地夫挖砂造地,打造出480英畝的土地,用來蓋三個新的度假村。但環境保育人士認為此舉將會嚴重破壞周圍環礁生態,尤其是這塊生態已列為聯合國教科文組織生物圈保護區。
馬爾地夫跟印度關係密切,馬爾地夫國內政局也有分親印度派和親中派。2022年反對黨推出「印度滾蛋」運動(India-Out),抗議政府將國家「賣給」印度。政府則下令禁止進行相關運動,壓制手段也引來國際關注。
Year Founded: 1965
An archipelagic state in the Indian Ocean, the Maldives is composed of 26 atolls and 1,192 coral reefs. At an average of 1.5 meters above sea level, it is one of the world's lowest-lying countries. The IPCC has warned that by the year 2100, the Maldives will be uninhabitable. Actively developing its island tourism industry, the Maldives boasts of the highest income per capita in South Asia. Having once left the British Commonwealth, it rejoined it in 2020. A word of caution, the Maldives may be famous in terms of island tourism, but it is also a Muslim country, and people dress conservatively. Skinny-dipping is illegal in the Maldives.