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Government subsidies

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However, proper [blank] shows that for each hectare government subsidies formed $8,412 of this figure and there were costs, too: $1,000 for pollution and $12,392 for losses to ecosystem services. These comprised damage to the supply of food and medicine that people [blank] taken from the forest, the loss of habitats for fish, and less buffering against storms. And because a given shrimp farm only stays [blank] for three or four years, there was the additional cost of restoring them afterward.

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However, proper accounting shows that for each hectare government subsidies formed $8,412 of this figure and there were costs, too: $1,000 for pollution and $12,392 for losses to ecosystem services. These comprised damage to the supply of food and medicine that people had taken from the forest, the loss of habitats for fish, and less buffering against storms. And because a given shrimp farm only stays productive for three or four years, there was the additional cost of restoring them afterward.
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