Material from Coconuts Helps Protect Coastal Areas
Coastal communities around the world are using material from coconuts to reduce the loss of beach area to the action of wind and waves.
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Coastal communities around the world are using material from coconuts to reduce the loss of beach area to the action of wind and waves.
Coastal communities around the world are adding a tropical twist to shoreline protection, courtesy of the humble coconut.
In 2016, the Felix Neck Wildlife Refuge in Edgartown, Massachusetts, on Martha’s Vineyard installed it at the Sengekontacket Pond.
Shoreline protection projects across the world are using strands of coconut husk to preserve beaches. The coconuts are being used as a part of "living shorelines."
Coastal communities around the world are adding a tropical twist to shoreline protection, courtesy of the humble coconut.