Zanzibar CityMillions in extreme poverty rely on seagrass.
Women, children and boatless households glean the one fishery open to them.
Conservation funding has flowed to reefs and mangroves while seagrass value went uncounted in national accounts.
The study is a first attempt to make that value count in policy.
How each outlet framed it
- Phys.org
- quantifies seagrass dependence—18M people in Indo-Pacific, 6.5M entirely reliant—23% income gap versus other fishers, emphasizes women's roles
Sources: Phys.org