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Annual expected benefits from reefs for flood protection represents the predicted flooding avoided to built infrastructure by keeping coral reefs in tact. It is an annualized benefit of the role of reefs in flood reduction that considers local factors such as reef condition, asset distribution, and storm frequency. This value represents the difference of flooding impacts on built capital when coral reefs are present and when there is 1 meter of reef loss. This value is aggregated to the country scale from 90m resolution data. |