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Ecocare Maldives Ecocare Maldives is a non-governmental, non-profit making organization based in the Maldives to educate, advocate, protect and sustain environment.

Established in early 1990s and registered officialy on 15th November 1994, Ecocare has continues to serve the environment for over 27 years.

Congratulations, Maldives — 900 years of embracing Islam.Nine hundred years ago, this nation said yes.We did not only ac...
13/09/2026

Congratulations, Maldives — 900 years of embracing Islam.

Nine hundred years ago, this nation said yes.

We did not only accept a faith; we accepted an amānah. And every trust comes with a reckoning.

The reef built these islands grain by grain over thousands of years. A dredger erases it before Maghrib.

Our reefs, our lagoons, our fish, our islands: none of it was bought or built by us. It was placed in our hands. One day we will be asked what we did with it, not what the government did, not what the developers did. What we did.

Swipe through. Then look at your island.

We are the khalīfah. Let’s act accordingly.

Documentary screening at Ecocare Maldives: “YANUNI”She survived multiple assassination attempts. She kept going.Yanuni f...
08/09/2026

Documentary screening at Ecocare Maldives: “YANUNI”

She survived multiple assassination attempts. She kept going.

Yanuni follows Juma Xipaia Juma Xipaia, an Indigenous chief from the Brazilian Amazon who rose from her community in Xipaya territory to become Brazil’s first Secretary for the Articulation and Promotion of Indigenous Rights — all while defending her people and the rainforest against illegal mining, land-grabbing and corporate exploitation. Alongside her is her husband Hugo Loss, who leads high-risk operations to dismantle illegal mining camps for Brazil’s environmental protection agency.

Two people trying to raise a family while fighting to protect the world they want their children to grow up in.

Over 1 Million views now on YouTube!
Directed by Richard Ladkani and co-produced by Leonardo DiCaprio and Juma Xipaia, Yanuni premiered as the Closing Night film at Tribeca 2025, was shortlisted for Best Documentary Feature at the 98th Academy Awards, and has won top honours at the Jackson Wild Media Awards, the São Paulo International Film Festival, Planet in Focus and the DC Environmental Film Festival, among others.

The Amazon may be oceans away, but the story is not unfamiliar. Extraction, weak enforcement, and communities left to defend the ecosystems they depend on.

📅 Saturday, 12 September 2026
🕕 20:00
📍 Ecocare Maldives, 9th floor, Ma. Kinaraa House, Iskandar Magu
🎟️ Free entry

Stay after the credits for a discussion on what this story means for the Maldives, facilitated by Aisha Niyaz and Maeed Zahir

Tag someone who needs to see this.

A UNESCO Biosphere Reserve is not a title to be worn proudly while its foundations are dismantled.The fast-tracked road ...
18/06/2026

A UNESCO Biosphere Reserve is not a title to be worn proudly while its foundations are dismantled.

The fast-tracked road project through the Moolekede Fishimathi mangrove and the subsequent redrawing of protected area boundaries without public consultation undermine the very principles that secured Addu’s UNESCO Biosphere Reserve designation.

This is not an isolated decision. It follows years of large-scale reclamation and continued encroachment on the natural ecosystems that protect our islands, support biodiversity, and sustain local livelihoods.

Development should not come at the cost of the ecosystems that make Addu unique. Once these habitats are lost, they cannot simply be rebuilt.

Swipe through. Share this. Speak up.

In 2010, the Maldives made history — becoming the Indian Ocean’s first and only shark sanctuary.Fifteen years later, tha...
10/06/2026

In 2010, the Maldives made history — becoming the Indian Ocean’s first and only shark sanctuary.

Fifteen years later, that protection has been dismantled.

On 31 October 2025, the government approved the reopening of gulper shark fishing — a species that takes over 20 years to reach maturity and produces just one or two pups every few years. When this fishery last operated, populations collapsed by an estimated 97%. There is no scientific evidence of recovery.

60 organisations. 50 scientists. 19,000+ signatories worldwide. All called on the President to stop this. The government proceeded regardless.

A sanctuary that doesn’t protect is not a sanctuary. It’s a label.

Our oceans cannot afford decisions made for short-term gain at the cost of irreversible, generational damage.

Swipe through. Share this. Speak up.


In August 2025, the EPA, a semi-independent environmental regulatory body with civil society representation on its gover...
07/06/2026

In August 2025, the EPA, a semi-independent environmental regulatory body with civil society representation on its governing board was abolished by presidential directive and replaced with the ERA, placed directly under ministerial control.

This was borne out by precedent; in 2017, then-Environment Minister Thoriq Ibrahim, who returned to the same role under President Muizzu, had overridden the EPA’s decision to reject the Kulhudhuffushi airport development, destroying part of the island’s mangrove system. In 2020, another minister similarly overrode the EPA’s rejection of the Noonu Maafaru airport runway expansion. The minister had always held effective veto power; the August 2025 directive simply made that control official.

Now, the 6th Amendment to the Environment Impact Assessment Regulation goes further — removing public consultation, scientific review, and in some cases the assessment requirement altogether for roads, housing, tree removal, and resort structures. What makes this especially alarming is the 42-month sunset clause, timed to expire at the exact end of the current presidential term.

The ecological damage from decisions made in this window will not expire with the policy. Our islands will carry those consequences long after November 2028.

Read our full joint statement in the link in bio.

In April 2024, the Ministry of Environment amended the Regulation Governing Reclamation and Dredging of Islands and Lago...
05/06/2026

In April 2024, the Ministry of Environment amended the Regulation Governing Reclamation and Dredging of Islands and Lagoons, allowing sand borrowing, dredging, and land reclamation in areas that were previously protected under environmental regulations. While buffer zones around sensitive marine and coastal habitats had existed since 2013 (with some provisions strengthened in 2014), the amendment significantly reduced environmental safeguards by allowing exceptions to the 200-metre protection buffer to be approved by the President’s Economic Council rather than requiring full Cabinet approval. The changes were introduced without public consultation or a publicly available scientific justification.

The amendment attracted criticism because it coincided with one of the most severe environmental crises affecting the Maldives. During a country visit in April 2024, UN Special Rapporteur Dr. David R. Boyd warned that weakening environmental protections was inconsistent with the state’s obligation to uphold the right to a healthy environment.


World Environment Day 2026 Ecocare Maldives and Transparency Maldives, alongside civil society organisations and communi...
05/06/2026

World Environment Day 2026

Ecocare Maldives and Transparency Maldives, alongside civil society organisations and community groups across the country, are raising this alarm — we cannot stay silent.

Our coral reefs, mangroves, marine ecosystems, and protected islands are being stripped of legal protection. The abolishment of the EPA, the reopening of the shark fishery, the legalization of destruction in protected areas, and opaque mega-development threatening places like Villimalé and the Addu UNESCO Biosphere Reserve are not isolated decisions — they are a pattern.

There is no Maldives without its reefs. There is no future without its coastlines.
What is being lost today cannot be recovered. What is being decided today will outlast every political term.

Read our full joint statement in the link in bio.


You cannot dredge a reef and call yourself a patriot. You cannot fell a mangrove and claim to love these islands. Maldiv...
04/06/2026

You cannot dredge a reef and call yourself a patriot. You cannot fell a mangrove and claim to love these islands. Maldives is not the land — it is the ocean, the reef, the palm groves and trees. Destroy that, and there is nothing left to govern.

Between 2000 and 2024, the Maldives reclaimed over 4,000 hectares of reef and coastline — more than all of Africa and Europe combined in the same period. No coherent national plan. Infrastructure duplicated within the same atolls. Projects built with no alignment to where people actually live.

The destruction was not accidental. It was structural — built into governance itself.


World Environment Day 2026 is around the corner — and here’s how YOU can take action for our reefs, shores & future.1. P...
03/06/2026

World Environment Day 2026 is around the corner — and here’s how YOU can take action for our reefs, shores & future.

1. PROTEST & DEMONSTRATE — Join or organise a peaceful demonstration in your community. Protests are being organised in Malé & Addu by advocacy groups and — let’s make our voices heard everywhere. 📍

2. FLOOD SOCIAL MEDIA ON 5 JUNE — Post stories, facts & your demands. Use & tag us on social media platforms. 📲

3. SHARE YOUR TESTIMONY — Has your reef been dredged? Your shoreline changed? Your trees and mangroves cleared? Document it. Share it. These lived realities matter.

4. HOST A COMMUNITY EVENT — Organise a beach clean-up or information session on or around 5 June. Bring your community together and raise awareness 🏝️

Every action counts — big or small, online or on the ground. Make sure to share online so we can amplify it together.🌿

At a time when our islands are already confronting escalating climate impacts and reef degradation, opening the door to ...
28/01/2026

At a time when our islands are already confronting escalating climate impacts and reef degradation, opening the door to fossil fuel exploration directly contradicts our environmental commitments and the precautionary principle.

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Tuesday 10:00 - 14:00
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Thursday 10:00 - 14:00
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