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ECONOMIC MODEL · GAME 03Coastal restoration & blue carbon
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CASE 03Coastal restoration
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Jin Nakao
Young fisher and dive surveyor · 『Six years until the seagrass returns』
Characters & story
Aoi joins young fisher Jin Nakao at sea. His family cannot wait six years for seagrass to recover, but the next storm season is only months away. Dr. Mori explains habitat as a shared asset for fish, carbon, and storm protection. Ren stages payments and reserves across several sites so one storm does not erase the whole plan.
Jin is a young fisher who also dives to monitor seagrass and juvenile fish.
He uses familiar examples to explain why the economic problem occurs.
A 23-year-old first-year graduate student. He asks who pays when and what promise people can actually keep.
A transcendent economist from another world. Nagi finds the problem that remains after Earth’s best answer.
What is happening
「Jin’s father plans to sell the boat because the family cannot wait six years. Seagrass needs time, while another storm season arrives in six months.」
Choose a restoration portfolio that supports livelihoods now and restores fish habitat and coastal protection over time.
Their wish: Keep his father’s old boat working in a bay where fish return / What gets in their way: He wants visible results quickly and underestimates ecological recovery time