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An independent United Nations human rights expert has urged Maldives to put in place measures to handle internal displacement caused by climate change and natural disasters – an issue the Indian Ocean nation is all too familiar with having experienced the 2004 tsunami.

“Climate change is very real in the Maldives and its effects on rights, including the right to housing, safe water and livelihoods, are being felt on many islands,” said Chaloka Beyani, the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons (IDPs). “The suffering caused by coastal erosion, salination, rising sea levels, and more frequent storms and flooding is all too obvious to be ignored,” he said after a six-day mission to the country. “It is also essential to put in place climate change induced displacement preparedness measures applying a human rights-based approach, and mechanisms for the participation of affected communities,” he added.
The expert said that addressing the “real and clearly visible” impacts of climate change on the ordinary lives of the people of the Maldives through mitigation and adaptation measures is “necessary and urgent,” and will require partnerships with the international community. (...)

The article:
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=39111&Cr=displace&Cr1=

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http://www.terranews.it/news/2011/09/clima-al-il-forum-delle-isole-del-pacifico

http://www.greenreport.it/_new/index.php?page=default&id=12162

http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/pacific-shows-climate-change-a-reality-un-chief-2350506.html

http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/sinking-pacific-island-kiribati-considers-moving-to-a-manmade-alternative-2350964.html

http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/sep2011/2011-09-08-01.html

http://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2011/09/10/riscaldamento-globale-nuovo-allarme-a-rischio-le-popolazioni-del-pacifico/156635/

http://www.greenreport.it/_new/index.php?page=default&id=12204

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UN climate talks 'stupid and endless' - Maldives

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5i0gGvm9lUFItJmW4eDlmN1Didu6A?docId=CNG.35a8b720b1074f7f6b4d4ed838e9e297.2f1

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http://www.fabiomanzione.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=642:maldive-2&catid=49:viaggiare&Itemid=136