Sunday, August 28, 2011

Study Shows Significant Economic Value of Jamaica’s Threatened Coral Reefs

http://tinyurl.com/3kqdqoj
Tourism, fisheries, and shoreline protection represent just three of the many culturally and economically important services reef ecosystems provide in Jamaica, according to a MacArthur-supported report [PDF, 8 pg] by the World Resources Institute, the Nature Conservancy, the University of the West Indies’ Marine Geology Unit, and the Mona GeoInformatics Institute. The analysis showed reef-related fisheries alone contributed $34.3 million to the local economy, supported 15,000 - 20,000 fishermen, and impacted the livelihoods of more than 100,000 people island-wide. Currently, all of Jamaica’s coral reefs are under threat from overfishing, bad fishing, watershed-based pollution, coastal development, marine-based pollution, climate change, and ocean acidification. Watch the CNN video »

The MacArthur Foundation www.MacFound.org
August 3, 2011

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