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From: Noronha,Ronald [Ontario]
Date: Jul 11, 2007 11:10 AM
Subject: Goa's Eroding Beaches
It doesn't take a rocket scientist to understand that any shore with a sandy
beach is susceptible to beach loss from erosion due to coastal and oceanic
physical processes. In Goa's case this phenomenon has been further
accelerated and accentuated due to callous human induced activity.
Voluminous extraction of tons of sand, indiscrimate felling of trees near
the coastline, agriculture land conversion, construction of illegal
beachfront shoreline structures - the local environment movement sounded the
clarion call many moons ago, with the potential for irreversible effects.
However the slow response time of the state government to 'awaken' to the
consequences of such a forcing until now is hardly surprising and perhaps
irrelevant too, unless they are committed to address the magnitude of the
problem. Much of the consequences for future disastrous erosion events are
still in the "inertia pipeline" -the most telling, sea level rise -much of
the Indian coastline/and beach property will be submerged within decades to
come.
Rather than squabbling over petty issues the state government working in
close consort with the opposition party and other agencies/groups, has to
establish a sound and manageable scientific and economic strategic and
comprehensive plan to protect and preserve what left of our beautiful
beaches. To do so otherwise would spell an ecological disaster to our famed
sunny Goan beaches and an economic meltdown of the tourism industry.
Ron Noronha (Ex NIO)
Environment Canada
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