Centered around the personal perspectives of avid swimmer and well-known Clonakilty hotelier, Dena O’Donovan, the video evocatively shows how communities come together to challenge the changing conditions.
Dr Jimmy Murphy, lead of the Lir National Ocean Test Facility (Lir NOTF) at UCC and MaREI Co-PI, commented: “There is now the capability to manage our coastline on an informed basis, such that we can understand its behaviour and be more proactive in terms of addressing erosion and climate change challenges. A reason that we need to protect beaches is to preserve them for the benefit of the local communities. So, it critical that such communities also play their part in ensuring that good practices are adopted that will minimise damage to the beach and dunes caused by human activities.”
This video was produced for MaREI by BBC StoryWorks Commercial Productions and is part of the Blue Horizons series presented by World Ocean Council.
