Beach villagers and tour operators on Koh Samui strongly protested.

In the case of the Department of Public Works and Town & Country Planning, it will undertake a project to renovate and improve the landscape to prevent coastal erosion.

Maenam Beach and Bang Makham Beach

This should be a pilot project before expanding to other beaches.

by being open to hearing opinions

People who are interested in the past 27 Sept and 4 Oct.

The majority disagreed with the project.

In particular, the attitude of the Department of Public Works clearly indicates what to do.

Concrete walls or dams

which is a solid structure

Even hired a private company to survey the design already.

Villagers therefore sent representatives on behalf of

Koh Samui Beach Conservation Group submitted a letter to the Director-General of the Department of Public Works requesting the termination of the project.

The reason why the villagers objected to the construction of a retaining wall on the beach is due to the nature of the Koh Samui beach.

It is a bay that is surrounded by cape on both sides and has coral reefs along the coastline.

Help reduce the intensity of natural waves, unlike beaches that stretch on the mainland.

with quite a lot of erosion

And the construction of a barrier is also causing the beach to disappear.

The erosion of the area along the end of the dam continues.

(Most of them are not tourist attractions, so no one has come forward to claim environmental impact.)

with different geography

Villagers on Koh Samui do not want to use the idea from the mainland sandy beach to apply.

Sandy beaches along the islands

and with the climatic characteristics of Koh Samui

The influence of the wind that blows towards the island throughout the year has a total of 8 directions, namely, east wind, southeast wind (Taphao wind), south wind (Slatan wind), southwest wind (Pan Ya wind), west wind, northwest wind (fan Luang wind). North wind (kite wind) and northeast wind (Utara wind) winds in all 8 directions will help bring the sand waves back to fill the beach already.

The river beach in the eroded area is only 50 meters long. The currents and winds will restore the beach to the same every year.

There is no need to build concrete walls along the 1.5-kilometer coastline, including the 2.3-kilometer Bang Makham beach line.

coconut plantation

Placing a fence, sand trap, etc.

The dam structure on the beach also caused

sand sediment movement

until the beach is permanently lost

The sandy beach is a habitat for organisms embedded in the sand, such as crabs, shellfish, and shrimp, forming the basis of the food chain such as baby fish, baby crabs, shrimp, barnacles, and a nursery for many young aquatic animals.

The loss of beaches would have a huge impact on coastal fishing communities.

It also affects the organizing of traditions and folk culture.

The community way of life that takes advantage of the beaches as well.

Koh Samui is a high-value coastal tourism area.

It has been generating huge income for communities on the island and Thailand for decades through the purity of nature.

is an important cost

Building a solid structure dam in any form would undermine the natural cost.

and income from tourism

Koh Samui Beach Conservation Group also submitted a letter to

Director-General of the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources to assist in making disagreements

to the Department of Public Works, ready to propose a suitable and sustainable approach

in the conservation of beaches

If a comprehensive solution to the problem

I would like to propose to invite the Marine Department to consider as well.

The private sector will have to deal with the construction of all the encroachments on the beach at once.

"whirlwind"