(TAN): Goa is set to have India’s first sand dune park under a project funded by the World Bank, reported Outlook Traveller.
World Bank has accepted the proposal of the Biodiversity Board of Goa and has reportedly sanctioned a sum of INR 30 million (USD 405,300) for the project.
Owing to its long coastline along the Arabian Sea, the state has a wonderful dune ecosystem that has formed over hundreds of years. The National Green Tribunal had urged the Public Works Department of Goa and other relevant authorities of the state to take immediate measures to restore and regenerate the sand dune ecosystem of the state.
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The project is expected to benefit both the economy of the state as well as play a constructive role in creating awareness about the sand dune ecosystem. Dune management involves restoring eroded areas and stabilising others using vegetation and fencing in order to help, not obstruct, the dune-forming processes to conserve the ecosystem.
According to reports, the project in Goa will build bridges made of eco-sensitive materials which will protect the sand dune vegetation from tourist intervention. Several interpretation and thematic centres will educate visitors about the importance of the sand dune ecosystems and the need to conserve them.
Nurseries of sand dune vegetation will be set up. Beach stretches where vegetation has been eroded will also be restored under the project.
