The Conservation Crisis No One Is Talking About
Beaches around the world are disappearing. No, the cause isn’t sea-level rise, at least not this time. It’s a little-known but enormous industry called sand mining, which every year sucks up billions of tons of sand from beaches, ocean floors, and rivers to make everything from concrete to microchips to toothpaste.
Land reclamation project starts in Monaco
Work has begun on the maritime infrastructure that will constitute the first phase of the six-hectare land reclamation project. The total value of the maritime infrastructure works is approximately €1 billion.
Sand War in Bay of Lannion, Brittany, France
Following yesterday’s rally against Lannion’s Bay ongoing shell sand extraction, activists from the environmental group “Peuple Des Dunes” and local officials, are to meet with the french Environment Minister Segolene Royal, to request the suspension of the controversial dredging concession granted to CAN Industry, whose current practices have been deemed questionable.
Namibia: Environment Ministry to Punish Illegal Sand Miners
The environment ministry says it will have no mercy with people who are caught mining sand, and those who are found guilty of the offence face 25 years imprisonment or a fine of N$500,000, or both.
Looking to Holland to find more sand for Galveston Island, Texas
For years, sand has been returned to eroded beaches and dunes on Galveston Island by bulldozers and backhoes at a cost of millions of dollars. Now, a new idea: let Mother Nature do the work.
Company makes new iron sand mining attempt
A plan to mine iron sands off the South Taranaki coast is back on the table.
Sand scarcity hits Mumbai’s first artificial beach project
The plan for Mumbai’s first artificial beach off Marine Drive faces a challenge due to huge shortage of sand.
Cemex sand mine decision anticipated before years’ end; California
For the Cemex sand mine in Marina, and for those calling for it to be shut down, the hourglass may almost be out of sand.
Why are beaches disappearing in Morocco?
Desirable coastal areas are being stripped of their beachfronts by the construction need for sand…