MATI Backs Measures to Tackle Coral Bleaching
The Maldives Association of Tourism Industry (MATI) has backed the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) call for an immediate and temporary...
EPA Orders Temporary Halt to Coastal Development Amid Coral Bleaching Crisis
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has ordered a temporary suspension of all major coastal development activities in the Maldives until...
EPA Pursues Legal Action to Recover Afcons’ Unpaid Fines for Damaging Villimalé Reef
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has decided to take Afcons Infrastructure to court over the failure of the company to...
Barge Fined MVR 100 Million for Damage Caused to Fuvahmulah Reef
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has slapped a fine of MVR 100 million on a barge that ran aground on...
Fenaka Undergoes Internal Audit
State-owned utility Fenaka Corporation, which is grappling with significant debt, is currently undergoing an internal audit to evaluate its present...
Fenaka Fined MVR 4.2 Million Over Incomplete EIAs
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has fined the Fenaka Corporation MVR 4.2 million for beginning construction on power plants in...
Environment Ministry Decides Not to Waive Afcons’ MVR 69 Million Fine
The state will not waive the MVR 69 million fine imposed on India’s Afcons Infrastructure Ltd. when a platform used...
Nelivaru Finolhu, Huraa Faru in Baa Atoll Receive Protected Status
The Ministry of Environment, in an effort to conserve the local manta-ray population, has designated two bays in Baa Atoll,...
EPA Cautions Against Capture, Distress to Migratory Birds
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a warning to the public to be vigilant as various species of birds...
Coral Cultivation Begins Under Rasfari Reef Restoration Project
Coral planting has commenced on the reef at Rasfari Island in the Kaafu Atoll, as part of an effort to...
