Protecting mangroves can prevent billions of dollars in global flooding damage every year
A new study estimates that mangroves prevent over $65 billion in damage from coastal storms every year, and says mangrove protection should be funded in the same way as infrastructure like seawalls.
Pelayo Menéndez, Postdoctoral Fellow in Marine Science, University of California, Santa Cruz
• conversation
March 10, 2020 • ~8 min
March 10, 2020 • ~8 min
Tags: climate-change insurance hurricanes aquaculture coasts mangroves tropical-storms ecosystem-services coastal-defences coastal-development
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