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.
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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.
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We urge you to become part of the movement by signing the petition to end beach sand mining.
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Beach of the Month | News | Poor Coastal Development | Sea Level Rise
La Faute-sur-Mer and l’Aiguillon-sur-Mer beaches, Vendée, France; By Claire Le Guern
The main attractions of the coastal towns besides the beaches are the Nature Reserve, and the off shore mussel farms. Not anymore.
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For nearly 30 years, India and Bangladesh have argued over control of a tiny rock island in the Bay of Bengal.
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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.
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While the use of hardened beach structures are debated, there is little debate over what they do beaches over time.
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North Carolina law has prohibited hardened structures on its beaches and inlets for more than two decades.
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Orrin H. Pilkey and area locals offer their perspective on North Topsail Beach, North Carolina.
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