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Article: Another fake island for Persian Gulf.(ASIA)(Brief Article)
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- Earth Island Journal
- Article date:
- September 22, 2005
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Following in the footsteps of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Qatar, Bahrain has decided that it wants to build yet another artificial island to hold multi-billion dollar real estate. Bahrain, an island itself, says it's ready to spend $3 billion to develop artificial islands off its northeast coast. Like the projects in Dubai (UAE) and Qatar, the islands would host mansions, hotels, shops, clubs, and promenades.
A local marine environmentalist said such large-scale reclamation projects could cause massive disturbances to the undersea environment and harm marine life that thrives there, including mackerel, grouper, shrimp, pearl ...