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Marshes in rural Mississauga, Ontario, can help reduce flood damages by 29% or $3.6 million CAD.

Why Buy Flood Insurance Anywhere Else?

Fish more fish with seagrass. In the Mediterranean, 28% of sportfishing activity, worth €110 million, relies on seagrass.

Want to Fish More Fish? This is How.

Fresh fruit from shade trees in Peru and Guatemala is a great alternative income for coffee farmers.

Fresh Fruit + Coffee: A Match Made in Shade

Cloud forest restoration can increase power output by 4.2% and revenues by 4.7% for Colombia's Calima Dam.

Colombia’s Forest Has the Power (To Electrify You)

In Ethiopia, forests provide free food for farm animals, worth $4.5 billion to the economy, and 36% of the livestock industry.

How Does Ethiopia Get Free Food From Forests?

Coral reefs protect Bermuda coastlines, people, and real estate from $266m worth of damages from flooding from storms and hurricanes.

Hurricane vs. $266m Real Estate. Who Wins?

Bees support ~$1 billion of the tomato crop in Brazil. Most of this is in Goiás state, where the tomato industry supports 86,000 jobs.

Brilliant Bees Bestow $1 Billion Bounty on Brazil

Want to enjoy better coffee? Add some trees. They improve coffee appearance and quality, especially in areas with bad growing conditions.

Enjoy Better Coffee with Trees!

10 more trees on a city block can make people feel as healthy as if they were 7 years younger, or had $10,000 more in annual income.

Want to Feel 7 Years Younger? Now You Can.

Planting trees near millet crops in Niger can help to increase yields by 15-50%.

It’s Magic! Captain Canopy Multiplies Millet in Niger

Mangroves and coral reefs in Belize support fish species worth $14-16 million a year to local fishermen, and much more to tourism and sportfishing.

Belize’s Best Fishing is Worth $14-16m a Year

400,000 trees in Canberra's urban forest save $4,000,000 in energy, air pollution, and water flow costs every year.

ROI: $10 Per Tree for Canberra’s Urban Forest

Cloud forests are only 4.4% of the watershed land area of tropical dams but supply almost 50% of surface water balance.

Cloud Forests Pour Water Into Tropical Dams

Deforestation in Indonesia can reduce yields by 18%, and incomes for coffee farms by 14%.

Deforestation Cuts Down Coffee in Indonesia

South Africa water resources from 8% of land area support 64% of its economy.

South Africa: Economy Runs on Water

Urban trees in Southampton, UK keep the air fresh and remove £535,300 of airborne pollutants every year.

£535,000 of Fresh Air in Southampton

Love your beach? Thank a reef! In Moorea, French Polynesia, coral reefs protect beaches for $38,000,000 - for free.

Bewitched by Beaches in Moorea? Thank Coral Reefs!

More than half the 13,000 people of the Caete Estuary, Brazil depend on the mangrove crab for income.

Alert! Cash Crab in the Caeté Estuary, Brazil

1117 hectares of native rainforests in the Llancahue Watershed supply drinking water worth $270,000 to the city of Valdivia, Chile.

Valdivia, Chile: What Does $270K of Water Look Like?

In Sulawesi, Indonesia, forests and agroforestry near and on farms increases coffee fruit set (a proxy for yield) from 60% to 90% by supporting diverse bee populations.

Trees: The Bee’s Knees for Sulawesi Coffee Yields

Forests improve water supply and reduce disease in Ruteng Park, Flores Island, Indonesia.

Forests: Reducing Disease on Flores Island, Indonesia

Losing 12,700 ha of seagrass costs fish and shellfish fisheries in South Australia AU $235,000 a year.

No Seagrass? No See Fish. (Sorry Oz.)

Corals, mangroves, and seagrass provide coastal protection for homes worth $700 million in the Florida Keys.

Seashores Insure Homes Worth $700m in Florida

Agroforestry systems (tree planting and conservation farming) doubles average maize yield per hectare in Zambia.

Captain Canopy Doubles Maize Yield in Zambia

Mangrove fringes support fish catch worth $25,000 per km in the Sea of Cortez (aka Gulf of California), Mexico.

Where do Fish in the Sea of Cortez Come From?

Protecting Waterloo wetlands can lower flood damages by 38%, or $1.1 million. Let the swamp save you!

Waterloo Wetlands: Saving You from Flood Damages

Forests support bee populations, increase pollination and yields of coffee beans, and raise profits by $62,000 per year for a Costa Rica coffee farm - all for free.

Bees Earn $62K for a Costa Rica Coffee Farm

The rural poor in Laos get 90% of their income from forests - specifically non-timber forest products.

Rural Income and Forests in Laos