Coral Reef Decline Around The World

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could hold the cures to many of the world’s biggest diseases. The reefs also provide income for countries all over the world. They provide millions of jobs, which bring in billions of dollars (Campbell, Cinner, Ardiwijaya, Pardede, Kartawijaya, Mukmunin, and Baird, 2012). Overall these coral reefs bring in billions of dollars and different resources all over the world and are one of the biggest pivot points for human populations.
Lastly, with all the issue that come with the declining coral reefs, there are some possible solutions that can help slow or reveres the decline around the world. The first and biggest way that any person can help to reduce the coral reef declines is to not pollute. Everyone can recycle or more simply just throw trash

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