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The document is a fact sheet from StormSmart Coasts detailing the use of sand fencing as a shoreline stabilization technique to combat erosion and storm damage on coastal properties. It explains how sand fencing captures windblown sand to build dunes, which provide protection against storm surges and flooding. The fact sheet outlines design considerations, benefits, potential impacts on wildlife, maintenance requirements, and regulatory standards for implementing sand fencing projects. It emphasizes the importance of selecting appropriate materials and locations to minimize adverse effects on coastal ecosystems.

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What is a sand fence?

Description. Wind fences (also called sand fences) are barriers made of permeable fabric or small, evenly spaced wooden slats. Construction staff wind fences to reduce wind velocity and to trap blowing sand.

Do sand fences work?

Sand fences are widely applied to prevent soil erosion by wind in areas affected by dedocHubcation. Sand fences also provide a way to reduce the emission rate of dust particles, which is triggered mainly by the impacts of wind-blown sand grains onto the soil and affects the Earths climate.

What is a dune fence?

Building semi-permeable fences along the seaward or the prevailing wind side of dunes encourages windblown sand to accumulate, reduces trampling, and protects both existing and newly planted vegetation. Various fencing materials can effectively enhance natural dune recovery.

What is dune fencing?

Dune fencing: construction of fences along the seaward face of the dune to reduce wind speed on the surface and encourage foredune deposition of transported sediment. Fences are often constructed of wood. Depending on local circumstances they can also use other material (including, for example, used fish netting).

Why are fences placed along beaches?

Sand fencing on a beach or dune can assist in building a new foredune or fill gaps in dune ridges. The fence reduces local wind speed and traps sand, with different fence configurations creating different dune forms and heights.

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Why cant you go on sand dunes?

Erosion: Sand dunes are delicate ecosystems that can be easily damaged by human activity. Walking on them can cause erosion, leading to the loss of vegetation and the destabilization of the dune structure.

What is the purpose of a dune?

Sand dunes provide natural coastal protection against storm surge and high waves, preventing or reducing coastal flooding and structural damage, as well as providing important ecological habitat. They also act as sand storage areas, supplying sand to eroded beaches.

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