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Saving the surf is a climate solution

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Conservation International and Save the Waves have established 30 surf-protected areas in Indonesia , Peru , Costa Rica .

Surf tourism, valued at up to $65 billion annually , brings livelihoods to coastal communities, but carries with it a latent threat.

Surf breaks hold 88.3 million metric tons of carbon within 1 kilometer ( 0.6 mile ) of the world’s surf breaks.

Surfing provides a way of rekindling a sense of responsibility for natural resources.

Less than 20 percent of the ocean floor is mapped, a critical gap in efforts to understand and protect marine environments.

In Hawaiian culture, coral is respected and revered as an ancestor and elder, says Clifford Kapono .

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90

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informal

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English

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