Prakash Kamat in Panaji
July 04- The Goa State Biodiversity Board(GSBB) will set up a Sand Dune Park in the coastal State with the funding from World Bank.
The project could be the first of its kind in the country and perhaps in South Asia, Member Secretary, GSBB Dr Pradip Sarmokadam told this blogger on Thursday.
Under Integrated Coastal zone Management programme this project is expected to get over Rs.2 crores from the World Bank.
"Definitely, this will not only work as protection of existing sand dunes, but also help in creating an environment where people can visit without disturbing them, controlled footfalls can be ensured and to certain extent restoration can be executed so that whenever we have disturbances of sand dunes people can learn something, and village panchayats can undertake restoration work at low cost. But this has to be modelled,"says Sarmokadam.
The Board will be surveying many areas with the involvement of local Biodiversity Committees. Already it has come across some excellent areas like Miramar, or
Serna Batim in South Goa where there are pretty highly grown sand dunes to the tune of 12 mts in height.
"If you don't have local support in this work it will not achieve long term sustainability", says Mr. Sarmokadam emphasising on involvement of village panchayats and local Biodiversity committes in the sand dune park project.
GSBB Member Secretary says that in the coastal ecosystem of Goa, sand dunes are the first line of defence when it comes to protection of ecosystem from any sea-related disasters.
"Climate resiliency is embedded in Goa's eco-system to protect it from sea-disasters, beach erosion, sea-level rise, and varied impacts of climate change", he said.
The sand dunes, mangroves and such eco-system have been located and have been in existence as an ecological advantage, but awareness about their survival and protection has been a concern for bodies like GSBB.
He recalled that this park was an idea of Dr. Antonius Mascarenhas who did some restoration work at Miramar beach near Panaji.After that he was an expert on GSBB for last term and was continuously floating such ideas.
"His proposal was approved not for very visible scale. But we were looking out for a very visible scale work and funding", says Sarmokadam giving the background of the proposed sand dune park project.(eom)
July 04- The Goa State Biodiversity Board(GSBB) will set up a Sand Dune Park in the coastal State with the funding from World Bank.
The project could be the first of its kind in the country and perhaps in South Asia, Member Secretary, GSBB Dr Pradip Sarmokadam told this blogger on Thursday.
Under Integrated Coastal zone Management programme this project is expected to get over Rs.2 crores from the World Bank.
"Definitely, this will not only work as protection of existing sand dunes, but also help in creating an environment where people can visit without disturbing them, controlled footfalls can be ensured and to certain extent restoration can be executed so that whenever we have disturbances of sand dunes people can learn something, and village panchayats can undertake restoration work at low cost. But this has to be modelled,"says Sarmokadam.
The Board will be surveying many areas with the involvement of local Biodiversity Committees. Already it has come across some excellent areas like Miramar, or
Serna Batim in South Goa where there are pretty highly grown sand dunes to the tune of 12 mts in height.
"If you don't have local support in this work it will not achieve long term sustainability", says Mr. Sarmokadam emphasising on involvement of village panchayats and local Biodiversity committes in the sand dune park project.
GSBB Member Secretary says that in the coastal ecosystem of Goa, sand dunes are the first line of defence when it comes to protection of ecosystem from any sea-related disasters.
"Climate resiliency is embedded in Goa's eco-system to protect it from sea-disasters, beach erosion, sea-level rise, and varied impacts of climate change", he said.
The sand dunes, mangroves and such eco-system have been located and have been in existence as an ecological advantage, but awareness about their survival and protection has been a concern for bodies like GSBB.
He recalled that this park was an idea of Dr. Antonius Mascarenhas who did some restoration work at Miramar beach near Panaji.After that he was an expert on GSBB for last term and was continuously floating such ideas.
"His proposal was approved not for very visible scale. But we were looking out for a very visible scale work and funding", says Sarmokadam giving the background of the proposed sand dune park project.(eom)
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