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Clean up world seas to boost economy, U.N. body says
Description: A new United Nations report states cleaner and better-managed seas and coasts would help boost economic growth and reduce poverty and pollution. Around 40 percent of the global population lives within 100 kilometers of a coast so the world's marine ecosystems provide essential food, shelter and jobs to millions of people. But pollution from oil spills, fertilizers, waste, sewage and chemicals, as well as over-fishing, have damaged the health and productivity of the seas. [Source: Reuters]
URL: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/25/us-marine-investment-idUSTRE80O08Q20120125
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Source: Reuters
Publish Date: 1/24/2012
Reading Level: Basic
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