"For example, it's been projected that declines in agriculture, particularly in low-latitude areas, could create large masses of environmental refugees.
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If nothing is done to assist the small South Pacific states, we can expect the first environmental refugees to come from their region.
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That would turn the Maldives'240, 000 inhabitants-- who live on about 200 of the islands-- into what Gayoom calls " environmental refugees ."
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A humanitarian, the former Miss Hawaii 1978 works closely with United Nations ambassadors on behalf of environmental refugees faced with the realities of the climate crisis.
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That article also says that Tong hopes that " they may become productive members of their host society, and avoid becoming merely " environmental refugees " ."
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Problems are often thought to stem from environmental refugees who flee floods, water shortages, dust storms or pollution, and venture into new areas where they are not always welcome.
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Many low-lying areas, like parts of the Maldives, Egypt and Bangladesh, would be inundated, and many of their inhabitants would be cast on the world's mercies as environmental refugees.
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Combined with growing demographic pressures, a significant rise in sea levels could turn millions of Egyptians into environmental refugees by the end of the 21st century, according to some climate experts.
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WASHINGTON _ More than half of the world's major rivers are seriously depleted and polluted, contributing substantially to the world's rising population of " environmental refugees, " an international commission reported Monday.
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Last October Germany's environment minister, Angela Merkel, argued that the greenhouse effect, desertification and the increasing scarcity of water were likely to cause " violent conflicts and millions of environmental refugees ."
