Surfing and environmentalism have always come hand in hand and the bond continues to grow stronger.
Frontiers in Marine Science released a study showing that "nearly two-thirds of surf spots are not formally protected".
Surfline provided data on over 3,600 worldwide surf spots.
USA, Australia, Brazil, Mexico, Japan, and France have almost 60% of the world's surf breaks. I am not sure if they mean literally out of all the global surf breaks, as in: "A surf break is a permanent obstruction such as a coral reef, rock, shoal, or headland that causes a wave to break, forming a barreling wave or other wave that can be surfed, before it eventually collapses.", or if they mean the surf breaks that are actively used.
"The study also reveals that 50 countries contain ten or more surf breaks."
"..more than 25 percent of all surf breaks are within five kilometers of a Key Biodiversity Area (KBA)."
By officially protecting these surf spots you not only help insure that current and future surfers of the world continue to have locations to enjoy their hobby, as well as fans of the sports who may just want to enjoy a day at the beach while watching people surf, but it also helps insure more coastlines are protected from pollution, climate change, and other environmentally damaging forces such as habitat loss.
Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) also bring in large sums of revenue.
"In addition to their biodiversity benefits, surf breaks and related tourism generate an average of $31-65 billion annually, and participants are often willing to pay more for sustainable tourism opportunities"
No wonder so many companies are jumping on the green and blue band wagons. There are billions of dollars to be made off of it. If a bundle of cash can be the carrot on the stick for some of these jack ass corporations to become environmentally friendly and take climate change and the pollution that many of said corporations create, then so be it. Get their greedy butts into gear.
Read the article from Surfer Today : https://www.surfertoday.com/environment/popular-surf-spots-are-prime-areas-for-biodiversity-conservation
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