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Shoko Noda UN R E SIDE NT CO O R DINATO R AND UN DP R E SIDE NT R E PR E SE NTATIVE IN THE MAL DIVE S
Welcome to the fourth edition of ISLAND LIFE It focuses on the importance of individual and collective action towards a more sustainable Maldives.
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WE CAN FLOURISH I still remember seeing ‘Kumanomi’ for the first time on a dive in Japan. It was so beautiful. ‘Kumanomi’ in my language, or clownfish in English, usually live in warmer waters than the ocean around Tokyo, so I was lucky to spot one that day. When I started to dive in the Maldives, I was thrilled to see clownfish everywhere, swaying within their sea anemones. The clownfish in the Maldives is bright orange with a white stripe behind its eyes and black fins around its belly. I always look for this photogenic fish on my dives, though they love to play hide-and-seek in their sea anemone homes.
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UNDP MALDIVES
