No one tells South Point visitors that offroading to the beach is illegal.
Papakolea Beach is located in an area known as South Point on the island of Hawaii. It is one of only four green sand beaches in the world.There are only four green sand beaches on Earth, and Hawaii has one of them. Located at Hawaii Island’sin the district of Kau, Papakolea Beach has rare olivine sands, created by a volcanic cinder cone. But the beauty of the area masks the issues around it.
South Point has become a playground for locals and tourists who have torn up the landscape by offroading.is the governing body responsible for managing South Point’s lands, which are held in a trust to be used for Native Hawaiian beneficiaries. “The land has been exploited by individuals providing illegal shuttle services who care only about economic gain even at the expense of the land and resources,” the DHHL management plan adds.
Though rental cars restrict offroading, visitors are still seen navigating the illegal roads to Papakolea Beach and around South Point.“Loose dirt flows into the ocean, covering the reef, and then the fish population starts to decline because the coral starts to die,” Kaawa pointed out. “We all know that coral needs sunlight to live,” she says. “The traffic in the area has also decimated ohai, a native shrub with orange and red blossoms that now only grows wild in a few places along the coast.
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