Resource April 21, 2017

Meet the Journalist: Kai Schultz

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In the Maldives, most of the country's 1,200 coral islands experience shore erosion, which environmentalists attribute to the degradation of reef systems, harbor construction, and storm surges. Image by Kai Schultz. Maldives, 2017.
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As conversations about climate change gather steam in the Maldives, many question whether the...

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Plastic jerrycans have been staked on the beach of Guraidhoo, Maldives, to protect the shoreline during storm surges. Image by Kai Schultz. Maldives, 2017.
Plastic jerrycans have been staked on the beach of Guraidhoo, Maldives, to protect the shoreline during storm surges. Image by Kai Schultz. Maldives, 2017.

Kai Schultz reports that far-reaching corruption is threatening to topple the Maldives's fragile democracy. Money earmarked for safeguarding the country's shorelines is being misappropriated. Journalists and activists are routinely arrested and imprisoned. And as Islamic radicalization grows, officials have done little to prepare the Maldives's tourism industry for a terrorist attack.

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