There are many different varieties of coastal environments around the world that have their own importance and conflicts. One of the most important coastal environments is the Great Barrier Reef off the North East coast of Australia. This environment is home to at least 1500 species of fish, 350 types of hard coral and 5000 varieties of molluscs e.g. shells. Also six of the world's seven species of marine turtle live in the Great Barrier Reef, as well as other rare aquatic animals. The Marine Park is home to the world's most important, but threatened, Dugong populations and around 54%...
these conflicts show that if you interfere with nature on one side of the beach, you can cause problems on the other side. This will not only cause problems for people but for many species of wildlife that have their habitats on the beach. If there is no beach material there, then they won't be able to survive as there will be no food for them. It would disrupt the whole food chain. They have to decide what's more important: saving Holderness and ruining beaches elsewhere, or just letting nature erode the cliffs and the villages on them.