Sierra Leone: Beaches under attack from sand miners
Illegal beach sand mining. Photograph: © SAF — Coastal Care.
In Sierra Leone, sand mining and work in tourism are now more lucrative than fishing. Captions source: IRIN
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Beaches along Lakka, Tokeh, Lumley and Aberdeen, amongst others, face challenges …
Ugandan children abandon school for sand mining
Illegal beach sand mining, near Tangier, Morocco. Photograph: © SAF — Coastal Care
As of 2011-2012, when investigative filmmaker Denis Delestrac and team, were first collecting and unveiling sand mining datas and information from the professionals involved, “the Sand business …
Jobless Cape Coast youth venture into illegal beach sand winning; Ghana
Illegal beach sand mining, near Tangier, Morocco. Photograph: © SAF — Coastal Care
As of 2011-2012, when investigative filmmaker Denis Delestrac and team, were first collecting and unveiling sand mining datas and information from the professionals involved, “the Sand business …
Cities from the sea: the true cost of reclaimed land
Sand barges. 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, followed by the land reclamation industry. The Sand business …
It’s not just Xolobeni: What the Australian mining company did in the Western Cape; South Africa
Beach and dune sand mining, South Africa. ©Photo courtesy of: “Sand Wars” Multi Award-Winning Filmmaker: Denis Delestrac (©-2013).
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The Australian mining company seeking the right to mine in Xolobeni in the Eastern Cape, has been lashed for its treatment …
Journalist investigating illegal sand mining cases run over by truck, MP, India
Sand miners, Mumbai.
As of 2011-2012, when investigative filmmaker Denis Delestrac and team, were first collecting and unveiling unpublished sand mining datas and information from the professionals involved, the Sand business was estimated to be a $70 billion industry, worldwide…!—Denis …
Sand Mining in Uganda Poses a Serious Threat to the Environment
“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 one average-sized house requires 200 tons of sand; a hospital requires 3,000 tons …
Schoolboys employed in sand mining, Tamil Nadu, India
Sand miners, Maldives. Photo courtesy of: Denis Delestrac – (©-2013) “Sand Wars” Multi Award-Winning Filmmaker.
“Sand mining we believe, and witnessed, is a propagative environmental disease, unfortunately veiled by vested interests and also lack of public information… It is an …
Asia’s hunger for sand takes a toll on endangered species
Sand barges, Hong Kong, South China Sea. Photograph: © SAF — Coastal Care
As of 2011-2012, when “Sand-Wars” filmmaker Denis Delestrac and team, were first collecting and unveiling unpublished sand mining datas and information from the professionals involved, the Sand …