{"id":38610,"date":"2026-03-25T09:00:59","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T05:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lagazette-mag.io\/?p=38610"},"modified":"2026-03-25T09:00:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T05:00:59","slug":"towards-a-coastal-trail-in-mauritius","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lagazette-mag.io\/en\/towards-a-coastal-trail-in-mauritius\/","title":{"rendered":"Towards a coastal trail in Mauritius"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><b>The development of our southern coastline is beginning to take shape, thanks to the hard work of NGOs such as mru2025, scientific studies and the passion of the people of the sea &#8211; local residents, fishermen, <\/b><span class=\"s1\"><b>or even <\/b><\/span><b>hiking guides<\/b><span class=\"s1\"><b>,<\/b><\/span><b> who live here every day and know the true value of this land, <\/b><span class=\"s1\"><b>that<\/b><\/span><b>no monetary unit can measure. Everyone agrees on the urgent need to protect this treasure, the last of its kind.   <\/b><em>Dominique Bellier<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Last December<span class=\"s1\">,<\/span> the <span class=\"s1\">&#8220;Sentier <\/span>du Littoral mauricien<span class=\"s1\"> &#8220;<\/span> project<span class=\"s1\"> was<\/span> the subject of a major workshop initiated by mru2025 and supported by the IOC&#8217;s RECOS program, which strengthened reflection and dialogue with all stakeholders, and augured an edifying sharing of experience with France&#8217;s Conservatoire du Littoral, present on La R\u00e9union.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Carina Gounden and Yan Hookoomsing from mru2025 brought together all the relevant players around the same table, from the public and private sectors, civil society, the Ministries of Land and Housing, the Environment and Agriculture, scientists and local residents alike.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">A consensus was reached <span class=\"s1\">on <\/span>its exceptional assets, with sites bearing witness to the island&#8217;s geological and cultural history, as well as a landscape quality and diversity unique to Mauritius, which includes dunes, cliffs and creeks, meadows, a wild and fish-filled coastline, and a magnificent hiking trail from Cambuse to Gris-Gris! These treasures absolutely must be preserved from appetites that<span class=\"s1\">,<\/span> elsewhere, have shown themselves to be limitless and shameless. <\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">If we protect <span class=\"s1\">&#8211;<\/span> and in some cases re-establish <span class=\"s1\">&#8211;<\/span> access to the sea along this entire stretch, if we really respect the geometric pitch and reconstitute forests as in Virginia, this wild south would become an example of good intelligence between man and nature.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38575\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lagazette-mag.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sortie-patrimoine-avec-enfants-Le-Bouchon-Bras-mer-Le-Chaland.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lagazette-mag.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sortie-patrimoine-avec-enfants-Le-Bouchon-Bras-mer-Le-Chaland.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.lagazette-mag.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sortie-patrimoine-avec-enfants-Le-Bouchon-Bras-mer-Le-Chaland-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lagazette-mag.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sortie-patrimoine-avec-enfants-Le-Bouchon-Bras-mer-Le-Chaland-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.lagazette-mag.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sortie-patrimoine-avec-enfants-Le-Bouchon-Bras-mer-Le-Chaland-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.lagazette-mag.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sortie-patrimoine-avec-enfants-Le-Bouchon-Bras-mer-Le-Chaland-560x420.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.lagazette-mag.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sortie-patrimoine-avec-enfants-Le-Bouchon-Bras-mer-Le-Chaland-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.lagazette-mag.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sortie-patrimoine-avec-enfants-Le-Bouchon-Bras-mer-Le-Chaland-696x522.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.lagazette-mag.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sortie-patrimoine-avec-enfants-Le-Bouchon-Bras-mer-Le-Chaland-1068x801.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.lagazette-mag.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sortie-patrimoine-avec-enfants-Le-Bouchon-Bras-mer-Le-Chaland-265x198.jpg 265w, https:\/\/www.lagazette-mag.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sortie-patrimoine-avec-enfants-Le-Bouchon-Bras-mer-Le-Chaland-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.lagazette-mag.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sortie-patrimoine-avec-enfants-Le-Bouchon-Bras-mer-Le-Chaland-300x225@2x.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_38573\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38573\" style=\"width: 542px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38573\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lagazette-mag.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2026-03-05-at-22.15.58-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"542\" height=\"731\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lagazette-mag.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2026-03-05-at-22.15.58-2.jpg 542w, https:\/\/www.lagazette-mag.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2026-03-05-at-22.15.58-2-222x300.jpg 222w, https:\/\/www.lagazette-mag.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2026-03-05-at-22.15.58-2-311x420.jpg 311w, https:\/\/www.lagazette-mag.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2026-03-05-at-22.15.58-2-371x500.jpg 371w, https:\/\/www.lagazette-mag.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2026-03-05-at-22.15.58-2-222x300@2x.jpg 444w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 542px) 100vw, 542px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-38573\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screenshot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The development of our southern coastline is beginning to take shape, thanks to the hard work of NGOs such as mru2025, scientific studies and the passion of the people of the sea &#8211; local residents, fishermen, or even hiking guides, who live here every day and know the true value of this land, thatno monetary [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":38611,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1763],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-38610","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ecology"},"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lagazette-mag.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lagazette-mag.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lagazette-mag.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lagazette-mag.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lagazette-mag.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38610"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lagazette-mag.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38610\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lagazette-mag.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lagazette-mag.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lagazette-mag.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lagazette-mag.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}