Restoring coastal habitat boosts wildlife numbers by 61% – but puzzling failures mean we can still do better

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Restoring coastal habitat boosts wildlife numbers by 61% – but puzzling failures mean we can still do better

Chris BrownHumans love the coast. But we love it to death, so much so we’ve destroyed valuable coastal habitat – in the case of some types of habitat, most of it has gone. Pollution, coastal development, climate change and many other human impacts have degraded or destroyed swathes of mangrove forests, saltmarshes, seagrass meadows, macroalgae (seaweed) forests and coral and shellfish reefs. We’ve lost a staggering 85% of shellfish reefs aroun…