The importance of reefs [7]

Coastal protection:

Coral reefs break the power of the waves during storms, hurricanes, typhoons, and even tsumanis.

By helping to prevent coastal erosion, flooding, and loss of property on the shore, the reefs save billions of dollars each year in terms of reduced insurance and reconstruction costs and reduced need to build costly coastal defences - not to mention the reduced human cost of destruction and displacement.

So, why is no one doing anything to save the reefs?


References: http://www.panda.org/about_wwf/what_we_do/marine/blue_planet/coasts/coral_reefs/coral_importance/index.cfm