Dune Nourishment

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Dune Nourishment

Advantages

  • Cheap
  • Maintains natural appearance of coastline
  • Provides habitat
  • Helps absorb wave energy

Disadvantages

  • Can be easily damaged by storm waves
  • Areas have to be zoned off from public while it grows
  • Protection is limited to small area

Evaluation

Marram grass planted on sand dunes to stabilise them and help them trap sediment to build the dunes up

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