SciDevNet: More research and better policies are needed to protect the world’s most vulnerable seas, lying off the coast of West Africa and the Caribbean, local experts have told SciDev.Net. The two regions have some of the world’s unhealthiest seas, according to a new index that assessed the health of seas and their benefits to livelihoods. Its methodology was published in Nature last month (15 August). The index rates seas in ten categories or ‘goals’, including water cleanliness, support for coastal livelihoods…

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