UN To Study Ramifications Of Sand Mining

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Sand mining, a major environmental concern, will soon get international attention after it was included in the list of the new and emerging issues by the United Nations.

Sand Thieves Are Eroding World’s Beaches For Castles Of Cash

The pillaging of sand is a growing practice in the world. Taken by hand, three or four meters deep in the Maldives archipelago, or transported on a donkey, or sucked up by huge sand boats in Asia, coastal sand mining, authorized or unlawful, is exploding.

Where Sand Is Gold, the Reserves Are Running Dry

With inviting beaches that run for miles along South Florida’s shores, it is easy to put sand into the same category as turbo air-conditioning and a decent mojito…something ever present and easily taken for granted.