Coastal Populations Losing Livelihoods to Polluted Waters

摘要

Coastal communities worldwide are witnessing their livelihoods choked by agricultural and industrial pollution,according to findings released last month by the World Resources Institute(WRI)."A significant portion of the world's population-nearly half of which lives within 40 miles of a coast-is vulnerable to harmfully over-enriched ecosystems,"said Mindy Selman,senior associate at WRI and lead author of the findings.