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Enshrined in myth, the dugong supports fishing industries and carbon stocks – through its ferocious herbivore appetite.
A new report finds that economic benefits of expanding protected areas to cover 30% of the planet's lands and oceans outweigh the costs 5-to-1.
The island nation has just used blue bonds to turn 30 percent of its exclusive economic zone (EEZ) into marine protected areas.