Illegal Sand Mining a Challenge in Kavango, Namibia
Illegal sand mining, veld fires and lack of human and financial resources are hampering efforts by the Kavango Region to use its biodiversity sustainably.
Medupi Sand Mining Put To An End
Compliance notices have been issued against sand miners in Lephalale, South Africa. Their operations must now stop or they will face legal action.
No Control On Illegal Sand Mining, Goa
The entire Goan coastline comes within the CRZ and there is a sand mining ban in the state with the state not issuing sand mining license in the past two years, yet blatant sand mining abound…
In pictures: Sand mining in Sierra Leone
Once synonymous with a brutal civil war, Sierra Leone was forecast to be one of the world’s fastest growing countries in 2012. On the back of the rapid economic growth, a construction boom, with new roads and buildings springing up in and around the major towns… But the construction brings with it increasing demand for sand, coming from the country’s beautiful beaches…
Anger Over Sand Mining, Samoa
Sand-mining at Salani is destroying the beach, causing coastal erosion and harming the environment.
San Francisco Bay Sand Mining Alarms Conservationists
Dredge mining of shoals near Angel and Alcatraz islands and throughout Suisun Bay is robbing the bay of sand that keeps San Francisco’s Ocean Beach from eroding, according to new research by the U.S. Geological Survey.
New Fracking Frontier Scares Residents
Due to a rapid increase in demand, sand used in hydraulic fracturing, has become a valuable commodity, and sand mines are opening in the US at a rapid rate.
Liberia: Bans Beach Sand Mining
The Government of Liberia through the Ministry of Lands, Mines and Energy (LME) has announced that it would be closing all beaches throughout the country from sand mining.
Tell the BLM: Don’t Frack California
California still has zero regulation to protect our health and water from dangerous fracking, but that’s not stopping the Bureau of Land Management from auctioning off almost 18,000 acres of land for oil drilling and fracking next week.