sand dune fixation [ sand dune stabilization ]

sand dune fixation

Athabaska Sand Dune Parkland Reserve

Seminar on Sand Dunes

dune sand

barchan dune | barchane | barkan | horseshoe dune | crescentic dune

nebka | shrub-coppice dune | coppice dune

sanding approaches | sanding routines | sanding technique | sanding techniques

This infringement relates to: (a) the impact of several projects and activities on the Natura 2000 GR2550005 ‘Thines Kyparissias’ site (proposed Site of Community Importance, SCI, from 1 April 1997, and Site of Community Importance, SCI, from 1 September 2006) and, more particularly, on the priority species Caretta caretta and the sand dune habitats, including the priority habitat 2250* Coastal dunes with Juniperus spp and (b) failure to take the necessary measures to establish and implement an effective system of strict protection of the sea turtle Caretta caretta, in the site in question, in order to avoid both any disturbance of that ...[+++]species during its breeding period and any activity which can cause deterioration or destruction of its breeding sites.

Article 6(2) and (3) of Council Directive 92/43/ΕEC (1) of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora, (a) by failing to take the appropriate measures to avoid the deterioration of natural habitats and the habitats of species, and the disturbance of the species for which a site had been designated, and (b) having permitted (without carrying out any appropriate assessment of the implications, as is laid down in Article 6(3)) activities which are likely to have a significant effect on the site at issue, either individually or in combination with other plans or projects, reducing and destroying the nesting area of the priority species Caretta caretta, which is present there, causing disturbance to the speci ...[+++]es concerned and, ultimately, reducing and destroying the sand dune habitats 2110, 2220 and the priority habitat 2250;

COMMENCING at a point on the line of low water of Glace Bay due north of the intersection of Highway No. 225 (the main road from Glace Bay to Port Morien) and the old shore road to Glace Bay; THENCE, due south to the said intersection; THENCE, southwesterly along the northwesterly limit of the said road, a distance of approximately 3 km to the northwestern end of the highway bridge that crosses Big Glace Bay Lake; THENCE, following the mean high water line along the westerly side of Big Glace Bay Lake to the northerly limit of the road from the town of Glace Bay to the beach; THENCE, easterly to the line of low water of Glace Bay on the easterly side of the channel between Big Glace Bay Lake and Glace Bay; THENCE, easterly along the sa ...[+++]id line of low water to the point of commencement; including all waters overlying said parcel and all shoals, sand bars, sand dunes, rock or islands contained therein.

With over 21.5 square kilometres of protected sand dunes, barrier islands, white sand beaches, sandstone cliffs, wetlands and forests, the park provides a diverse habitat for a variety of birds and animals.