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China's Belt and Road infrastructure projects could help or hurt oceans and coasts worldwide

  • Written by Blake Alexander Simmons, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Human Dimensions of Natural Resources, Colorado State University
China's Belt and Road infrastructure projects could help or hurt oceans and coasts worldwideConstruction in the Chinese-financed Port City complex in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Oct. 19, 2022. Pradeep Dambarage/NurPhoto via Getty Images

More than one-third of all people in the world live in cities, towns and villages on coasts. They rely on healthy oceans for many things, including food, income, a stable climate and ready connections to nature.

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