Page 26 - Mediterraneo e dintorni - nr 1 -2020

ne its very existence. One - less known but shameful - is the waste disposal emergency
that came to light in 2015 with an investigation into a complaint by the Financial
Times about a shocking situation in “Thilafushi, the garbage island of the maldives”
where without any criterion the waste coming from all over the nation are burned. It
seems that the government is equipping itself with urgent interventional measures,
on pain of the collapse of tourism which in fact represents one third of the national
GdP. And still among the risks of the very life of the maldives the notorious global
warming, which could in fact dramatically capitulate in the extinction of the emerged
lands with the melting of the glaciers and the raising of the sea level. In 1998, the mal-
dives were hit by the devastating effects of the Nino, a cyclical but very unpredictable
climatic phenomenon. Since then the maldivian coral reefs have not fully recovered
and indeed many are still completely bare. Fortunately the sea beds, which repre-
sent the submerged paradise of this earthly paradise, still manage to offer breathta-
king opportunities for snorlkeling. The time in the maldives is in fact largely spent
“underwater”, swimming with centennial tortoises, multicolored fish. Wrapped in
a surreal silence, of peace, of purity, of absolute beauty and then re-emerge each time
in the crystal clear waters, looking up to the sky and seeing birds of all species, enjoy
unforgettable sunsets and sunrises. A journey that is absolute refreshment for the
mind and the body, but it is also a tangible awareness of the fragile ecosystem. Because
the maldives are the caustic similarity of our days.

anche ai bambini. Abbiamo nuo- tuffo ed immersione. Avvolti da tangibile presa di consapevolez-
tato con i pesci pagliaccio, con i un silenzio surreale, di pace, di za del fragilissimo ecosistema.
pesci chirurgo (per intenderci, purezza, di bellezza assoluta e Perché le Maldive sono la simili-
la mitica Dory del celeberrimo poi riemergere ogni volta tra le tudine caustica dei nostri giorni,
film Disney), e ovviamente con acque cristalline, alzare lo sguar- dove le scottanti tematiche am-
i rossi “Nemo”; visti buffissi- do al cielo e veder volatili di ogni bientali non hanno più tempo.
mi e sedentari pesce palla, i pe- specie, godere di tramonti ed Siamo oltre il tempo massimo
sci Napoleone, piccoli delfini e albe indimenticabili. Un viaggio per preservare il nostro mondo, il
squaletti, mante, pesci trombetta. che è ristoro assoluto per la men- nostro paradiso… Il tempo delle
Emozioni dopo emozioni ad ogni te e per il corpo, ma è anche una favole è finito.

Mediterraneo e dintorni - 24