Unregulated Sand Mining Threatens Indonesian Rivers

Ecological impacts of unsustainable sand mining: …

We found that sand mining presented a consistent, widespread disturbance in Dongting Lake. Porpoises strongly avoided mining sites, especially those of higher mining intensity. The extensive sand mining significantly …

Dramatic Photos Show How Sand Mining Threatens a …

The problem is made more complicated by the fact that much of Vietnam's sand mining is completely unregulated and illegal. The sand trade is so lucrative that it has spawned a thriving black market, with hundreds of unlicensed boats plying the rivers.

Ecological impacts of unsustainable sand mining: urgent …

We found that sand mining presented a consistent, widespread disturbance in Dongting Lake. Porpoises strongly avoided mining sites, especially those of higher mining intensity. The extensive sand mining significantly contracted the porpoise's range and restricted their habitat use in the lake.

Ecological impacts of unsustainable sand mining: urgent …

We found that sand mining presented a consistent, widespread disturbance in Dongting Lake. Porpoises strongly avoided mining sites, especially those of higher mining intensity. The …

Boom in illegal sand mining threatens vulnerable lakes and rivers

Illegal sand mining driven by a post-pandemic surge in infrastructure spending risks causing degradation to some of the world's most vulnerable lakes and rivers, environmental researchers...

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This Report has been put together to provide an overview of sand mining related issues of South India in the context of India Rivers Week 2020 theme "Is sand mining killing our Rivers" and South Zone Dialogue on November 7, 2020. This introductory section provides an overview of general issues related to river sand mining in India.

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Sand mining: Stopping the grind of unregulated supply …

Opposition and protest against sand mining in rivers, lakes, and coastal areas from subsistence farmers and fishermen that rely on the natural environment and damages to the ecosystem are ongoing (Doloksaribu et al., 2020; Kim and Yoo, 2020; Marschke et al., 2021).

Impact Of Mining On Rivers: Decoding The Silent Crisis

Digging your own grave': Illegal sand mining devastates an Indian river. Large-scale industrial mining, on the other hand, involves the excavation of substantial mineral and metal reserves often found in river basins.This type of mining can cause significant disturbances, leading to the displacement of vast amounts of soil and rock, changing the landscape, and …

Boom in illegal sand mining threatens vulnerable …

Illegal sand mining driven by a post-pandemic surge in infrastructure spending risks causing degradation to some of the world's most vulnerable lakes and rivers, environmental researchers...

Sand mining: Stopping the grind of unregulated supply chains

The resulting environmental devastation of sand mining, including for concrete, is thus massive as it affects riverine, lake beds, coastal, and marine areas, with ecosystem …

Ecological impacts of unsustainable sand mining: urgent …

portation further blocked the species's river–lake movements, affecting the population connectivity. In addition, mining-induced loss of near-shore ... sand mining threatens biodiversity and interferes with ecologi-cal processes [6,10–12]. ... (approx. 110) [25]. Unregulated sand mining has been implicated as one of the key drivers of ...

The environmental impacts of river sand mining

A quantitative assessment in the Mekong river by Hackney et al. (2020) showed that excessive sand mining induces river bed lowering, which can readily lead to river bank instability and increase the likelihood of a dangerous river bank collapse.

Environmental and Socio-economic Impacts of River Sand …

Unregulated mining of river sand and gravel has significantly altered the particle size distribution of sediments in the rivers of Manimala and Muvattupuzha in southern India (Anooja et al.,2011). Furthermore, insufficient sand in the sediment substratum may exacerbate the hungry water effect in rivers during periods of high flow (Padmalal ...

Uncovering sand mining's impacts on the world's rivers | WWF

Reviewing existing scientific papers, the WWF's research highlighted numerous physical impacts attributable to sand mining from changes in the shape of river beds and …

The environmental impacts of river sand mining

A quantitative assessment in the Mekong river by Hackney et al. (2020) showed that excessive sand mining induces river bed lowering, which can readily lead to river bank …

Sand mining: Stopping the grind of unregulated supply …

The resulting environmental devastation of sand mining, including for concrete, is thus massive as it affects riverine, lake beds, coastal, and marine areas, with ecosystem degradation threatening agriculture, biodiversity, fishing, and water supply especially in a context of climate change exacerbating floods and coastal erosion (Padmalal and ...

Analysis of Sand Mining Impacts on Riverbed in the …

The results showed that at the Srandakan Bridge point to the Progo River Estuary the volume of sand mining was 459,576 m ³ /year, one of the social and economic impacts of sand mining was the ...

Unregulated sand mining can cause problems

Sand mining destroys habitats, dirties rivers and erodes beaches, many of which are already losing ground to rising sea levels. When miners dig out layers of sand, riverbanks become less stable. The pollution and acidity can …

Dramatic Photos Show How Sand Mining …

The problem is made more complicated by the fact that much of Vietnam's sand mining is completely unregulated and illegal. The sand trade is so lucrative that it has spawned a thriving black market, with hundreds of …

The Hidden Environmental Toll of Mining the World's Sand

By far the largest mining endeavor globally is digging up sand, mainly for the concrete that goes into buildings. But this little-noticed and largely unregulated activity has serious costs — damaging rivers, wreaking havoc on coastal ecosystems, and …

Ecological impacts of unsustainable sand mining: urgent …

We found that sand mining presented a consistent, widespread disturbance in Dongting Lake. Porpoises strongly avoided mining sites, especially those of higher mining intensity. The extensive sand mining significantly contracted the porpoise's range and restricted their habitat use in …

Unregulated sand mining can cause problems

Sand mining destroys habitats, dirties rivers and erodes beaches, many of which are already losing ground to rising sea levels. When miners dig out layers of sand, riverbanks become less stable. The pollution and acidity can kill fish and leave less water for …

Sand mining: Stopping the grind of unregulated supply chains

Opposition and protest against sand mining in rivers, lakes, and coastal areas from subsistence farmers and fishermen that rely on the natural environment and damages to the …

Sand mining: Stopping the grind of unregulated supply …

River sand mining can have a positive impact in the form of opening jobs and absorbing labor, growing business opportunities for local communities, and providing income for the region as a source ...

Lombok sand mine corruption probe continues as …

After more than a decade of operation, a sand mine on the east coast of Indonesia's Lombok Island has been shuttered amid a graft investigation. The shutdown comes as Indonesia repeals a ban on the export of sand, which …

Sand Mining

Methods of Sand Mining. Riverbed Mining: This is the most common form of sand mining and involves the extraction of sand directly from riverbeds and floodplains. It often leads to the erosion of riverbanks and can …

The environmental impacts of river sand mining

After water, sand is the most consumed natural resource in the world. It has come to a point where sand is called "the new gold" and the indiscriminate extraction of this new gold is destroying physical and biological environments all over the world (Barton N. and Mini G., 2013).Sand is a provisioning ecosystem service and often extracted from aquatic …

Dramatic Photos Show How Sand Mining …

Vietnamese officials regularly declare their determination to end illegal sand mining—but as in many other countries, some of them prefer taking a cut of the action to shutting it down. In 2013, three local government officials in …

Pakistan: Illegal gold mining threatens Indus River water …

The Indus River in Pakistan is being extensively disturbed by unregulated mining of the river's bed ('placer mining') for gold. Numerous operations employing an estimated 1,200 heavy machines dig daily into the riverbed and dump buckets of sediment and rocks into screening devices, destroying habitat and muddying the water flowing downstream.