French mayor draws a line in the beach sand

Illegal beach sand mining, near Tangier, Morocco. Photograph: © SAF — Coastal Care
“Sand is the second most consumed natural resource, after water. The construction-building industry is by far the largest consumer of this finite resource. The traditional building of …
Students Reviving Mangrove Wetlands, Bahamas

Mangrove seedlings. Photo source: ©© Northways
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Students participated in a pilot programme called the Bahamas Awareness of Mangroves (BAM), a project about mangrove education and restoration.
“A lot of times when you’re trying to promote conservation, it has to …