Coral Reefs
coral reefs some of the most diverse and valuable ecosystems on Earth - provide income • biodiversity medicine drugs that Caribbean reefs alone 5-11 4000 cure bring in species of fish billion dollars/year 800 cancer, arthritis. infections are being developed from coral reef animals and plants species of hard coral and reefs are responsible for hundreds of other species 1/4, mal rel profection total from wave action fish catch in developing countries reducing erosion and infrastructure damage are threatened by pollution • climate change over-fishing opulation growth -warming and acidification- we are providing solutions restoration • cost/benefit analysis• juvenile coral rearing practices in Placencia (Belize) of the services provided by reefs to program for spawners in collaboration with the and on the north coast of Jamaica demonstrate benefits from these ecosystems University of the West Indies in Jamaica | BELIZE coral reef restoration project @BIDcambioclima SIDB Inter-American Development Bank | www.iadb.org/climatechange
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