From Abject Poverty to Making Millions: Here's How the Ugliest Sea Creature Changed the Fate of the Entire Region

Le Monde

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On the Jaffna peninsula, in the north of the country, the holothuria rearing, exported at gold prices to East Asia, brought out of poverty a part of the inhabitants of this region bruised by the civil war. But the anarchic multiplication of the farms already threatens the balance of the seabed and the livelihood of the small fishermen.

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On the Jaffna Peninsula, in the north of Sri Lanka, the cultivation of sea cucumbers, which are exported to East Asia at exorbitant prices, has lifted part of the population out of poverty.