Maldives Proposes Green Tax before it Disappears into the Blue.

(Dive Magazine - Sept 9, 2009) -- According to Dive Magazine (UK), the Maldivian government plans to impose a US$3 per day Green Tax on its visitors. The plan, which is yet to be approved by parliament, is expected to bring in $6.3 million USD annually from the 700,000 tourists who visit its islands.

Under threat of climate change, the Maldives archipelago,  located in the Indian Ocean, is under siege by rising sea levels that may submerge many of its islands by 2100.   Maldivian President Nasheed has launched an initiative to make the islands the first carbon neutral country in the world where all energy used on the islands coming from renewable sources in 10 years time. 

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