2023.9.21 Around 6 billion tonnes of marine sand is also being dug up each year by the marine dredging industry, "significantly impacting biodiversity and coastal communities," UNEP's new data platform, Marine Sand Watch reveals. The environmental impact of
Read More2023.9.5 The UN agency’s 2022 Sand and Sustainability report also called for enhanced monitoring of sand extraction and use, and recommended ending sand
Read MoreGeneva, 5 September 2023 – The first-ever global data platform on sand and other sediment extraction in the marine environment finds that the marine dredging industry is
Read More2023.9.19 by Elizabeth Claire Alberts on 19 September 2023. New data from the newly launched platform Marine Sand Watch suggest that the dredging industry is
Read More2022.9.10 River sand mining is the extraction of sand (and gravel) from the drainage network of a river. By its nature, this practice effects the environment. The severity,
Read More2023.9.6 “The scale of environmental impacts of shallow sea mining activities and dredging is alarming, including biodiversity, water turbidity, and noise impacts on marine
Read More2021.7.19 July 19 (Reuters) - Over two decades, dredging ships have sucked massive amounts of sand from the bed and shores of Poyang Lake in the eastern
Read More2023.9.5 By George Wright BBC News Around six billion tonnes of sand is dredged from the world's oceans every year, endangering marine life and coastal communities,
Read More2019.2.5 Rogue operators routinely bribe officials, and even the courts prove powerless. A policeman was crushed to death by a tractor while trying to halt illegal mining in a national sanctuary for the Indian
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