Singapore accused of launching Sand Wars
By paying smugglers to steal under the cover of night, entire picturesque sandy beaches of Indonesia and Malaysia, carving out millions of tons of coastline.
Last-Chance Beaches: Morocco
You’d think that a desert country like Morocco would have enough sand for everyone. But at least a few parties feel the need to steal sand from Morocco’s Atlantic beaches, by literally bulldozing dunes, trucking the sand away to make cement, and leaving behind ugly lunar landscapes.
Take Action to End Global Beach Sand Mining!
We urge you to become part of the movement by signing the petition to end beach sand mining.
The black marketeers stealing Indonesia’s islands by the boat-load
For the people of Sebesi Island, who spend their lives next to the world’s biggest natural time bomb, it seemed to be an offer that they could not refuse.
The Double Disaster
The Impacts of illicit River Sand Mining & Climate Change in Sri Lanka
Preserving the health of the Rio de la Plata
Research may lead to policies and regulations on side mining in Uruguay.
Documenting The Global Impacts Of Beach Sand Mining
For centuries, beach sand has been mined for use as aggregate in concrete, for heavy minerals, and for construction fill.
Benin: Erosion-inducing coastal sand mining to be outlawed
Faced with rising sea levels and coastal erosion caused in part by coastal sand mining, carting away of free beach sand for commercial uses, the national government has begun a campaign to save its coastal sand by digging up sand inland, instead. But communities near these newly-created sand collection spots are fighting back.
Mining Of Coastal Sand: A Critical Environmental And Economic Problem For Morocco
In Morocco, the extraction of beach and dune sand for use in the construction industry is destroying significant portions of the nation’s natural heritage.