Bagged beach sand, extracted from the Indian Ocean’s nearshore floor, Maldives. Photo courtesy of: © Denis Delestrac
Excerpts;
Chaque grain de sable compte
“On ne peut bâtir sur du sable”, faisait observer l’écrivain ougandais Moses Isegawa dans ses Chroniques abyssiniennes, parues en 1990. La réalité semble lui donner raison. Car il faut bien se rendre à l’évidence: tôt ou tard, le sable disparaîtra. Nous nous sommes habitués à l’idée que, bientôt, le pétrole et l’uranium viendraient à manquer. Mais le sable?…
“Le drame du sable est en train de détruire irrévocablement une partie de notre monde – et l’une des plus belles. Si nous n’agissons pas dès maintenant, le temps filera entre nos doigts, comme du sable.”
Translation
“Each Grain Of Sand Matters”
We cannot build on sand” said the Ugandan author Moses Isegawa, in his novel Abyssinian Chronicles, published in 1990. Reality appears to prove him right, as we must realize that sooner or later, all sand might well disappear. We are accustomed to the idea that, soon, oil or uranium would eventually run dry…but sand?…
“Beach sand mining is a tragedy, and it is destroying one of the most beautiful ecosystem in our world…”
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