Sand For Sale: Environment Ravages
The “king Of Koh Kong” has defied an order endorsed by the Cambodia’s Prime Minster to halt his controversial and environmentally damaging sand dredging activities on the Tatai river in Koh Kong.
Sand Dredging Operations Of “Unprecedented Scale,” Cambodia
Sand dredgers have resumed operations of “unprecedented scale” in Koh Kong province’s salt-water estuaries since May, after a drop-off in dredging activities as a result of a 2009 sand-export ban.
CAMBODIA: Sand dredging prompts fishermen’s protests
Prime Minister Hun Sen banned sand exports in May 2009, yet sand mining continues in Koh Kong Province, the epicentre of the country’s corrupt dredging industry. Dredgers remove 25,000 tons of sand each day from the Cambodian seas to export.
When sand mining starts, wildlife disappears, Selangor, Malaysia
Wetlands in danger due to sand mining.
The damages caused by Singapore’s insatiable thirst for land
Fuelled by Singapore’s land and construction demands sand mining is wreaking environmental destruction across south-east Asia.
Sand Mining Database
Coastal Care has an extensive list of Sand Mining resources.
Cambodia Under Sandmen’s Spell
Singapore is struggling to find the sand it needs for its gigantic land reclamation and construction projects.
Coral Reefs
Coral Reefs: Threats to Their Challenges + Survival Gary Griggs | Distinguished Professor of Earth Sciences | University of California Santa Cruz Coral reefs form the geologic, biological, and economic basis of many tropical ocean coastlines and small island nations. They serve as the foundation for important fisheries and tourism industries, as well as providing a […]
The Environmental Cost of Land Reclamation
The stories exposed the powerful commercial interests behind reclamation in China’s coastal regions over the previous decade and the widespread damage they had done to marine ecosystems.