Goa’s rapidly developing coastline is creating a serious impact on its vulnerable and fragile marine ecosystems. However, tourism is the key livelihood in the state, supporting over 50% of the local communities who run small service oriented businesses focused on tourism in the state.

For students, growing up in a rapidly developing world that is also facing severe environmental challenges such as climate change, species extinction, pollution; this trip provides a window towards understanding these issues and teaches us how to overcome the obstacles generated during this process of protecting and conserving ecologically important species such as Humpback Dolphins and Coral Reefs found along Goa’s coast.