When subsistence fishermen on the island of Chira couldn’t find clams in Costa Rica’s lush Gulf of Nicoya, they dug deep into the mangrove forests where the small shellfish liked to hide. Women on the island soon realized the fishermen were actually hacking away at their own livelihoods, says Emily Pidgeon of Conservation International, with fewer species of fish, rays and other animals returning each year. So the women …
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