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Ocean investment could aid post-Covid-19 economic recovery
Hazel Pfeifer, CNN
"As many countries roll out bailout packages to counter the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, the report says investment in these four key ocean intervention areas could help aid economic recovery both now and in the future:
-- Conservation and restoration of mangroves
-- Decarbonization of the shipping industry
-- Scaling up offshore wind production
-- Increasing sustainable protein from the ocean
...The study found that these four areas all give between five and 10 times the return on investment in terms of economic, environmental and health benefits, and could provide minimum net returns of $8.2 trillion over 30 years."
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