Looting of the sea: the great sand theft – ABC
![Sand mining, Mizoram, India (by Karen Conniff CC BY-NC 2.0 courtesy of Water Alternatives Photos via Flickr).](https://coastalcare.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/49013400278_cba657eb2d_k-798x532.jpg)
It is the most demanded raw material after water. It is used to make concrete, chips, detergents, paints… and even artificial islands. The big cities are hungry for sand and to satisfy it, the world’s beaches are being plundered….
2022 Six Part Series on “Sand Dealers” – Le Monde
![Sand Mining on Terekhol River, Cargao, India, Goa (by Ivan Komarov, CC BY-NC 2.0 DEED, via Flickr).](https://coastalcare.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/33358165426_98199b48ea_k-798x530.jpg)
Published in 2022, links to Le Monde’s Series on Sand are provided here…
Inside the Crime Rings Trafficking Sand – Scientific American
![Trucks looting sand from Bharathapuzha, Palakkad, India (by Arayilpdas, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia).](https://coastalcare.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Trucks-looting-sand-from-bhararthapuzha-798x496.jpeg)
Organized crime is mining sand from rivers and coasts to feed demand worldwide, ruining ecosystems and communities. Can it be stopped?…