Rich #philanthropists can't *save* #coral reefs. Important essay in London Review of Books by Oxford #biologist Liam Shaw on the dire precarity of reefs and how messianic would-be saviors are failing to address the real issues of why these vital ecosystems are dying. Plus its a gorgeous piece of #science_writing:

https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v44/n22/liam-shaw/in-the-photic-zone?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20221107early&utm_content=20221107early+CID_dc4ae45054c872c622fd07ab96bf5f40&utm_source=LRB%20email&utm_term=Liam%20Shaw%20on%20coral%20reefs%20in%20emergency%20mode