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Old 30-05-2009, 10:49 PM
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Re: sand dune 'management'

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Originally Posted by flower_girl View Post
It gets 'worser and worser'.

I wouldn't mind if these people were ecologists and had studied the effects of what they're doing.
Or if the reporters reported from an informed point of view - but it's apparent they don't.

I can't even say that i'm a great expert but at least I've researched dune systems a bit more than the average seaside dweller. Dunes are a natural defense system against the attacks of the sea. Usually these systems would involve various stages of front line dunes, blow holes and slacks and then dune heath/scrub (roughly speaking). I'm not sure whether this system was compromised when the 'lovely' bungelows and houses were built and perhaps this is why it may not be working properly (the residences shouldn't be there) - if the surgeon's claims are to be believed.

I'd really like to know more than what is just reported by the local press. I'd also like to think that someone somewhere is attempting to preserve an important part of our eco system.

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