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Eco-Burial Coastal Development Permits
A 'grow' scenario demands novel offset strategies. Eco-Burial permits would be required for any new coastal development that relies on substrate bank protection. Developers would fund the creation of artificial reefs or mangrove restoration projects equivalent to the ecological footprint created by the substrate disturbance and built environment on surrounding ecosystems. This attempts to mitigate the 'grow' impact of the substrate banks.

Future Scenarios that inspired this product idea

Governments establish 'substrate banks,' stockpiling diverse substrate materials to rapidly respond to coastal degradation events like storm surges or oil spills.
Extrapolated from Introduced substrates trigger colonization by reef-associated fish in a degraded coastal system - Plos.org

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