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The amount of sand being withdrawn from the environment is considerable and has a large impact, a United Nations environmental agency says.

GENEVA: Some six billion tonnes of sand and other sediment is extracted from the world’s seas and oceans every...

The UN has launched a global data platform to track sediment extraction in marine environments - Copyright KCNA VIA KNS/AFP/File STRAgnès PEDREROSome six billion tonnes of sand and other sediment is extracted from the world’s seas and oceans every year, the UN said Tuesday, warning of the devastating toll on biodiversity and coastal communities. Launching […]

UN warns the scale of dredging has a devastating effect on biodiversity and coastal communities.

The UN Environment Programme hopes to draw attention to an under-recognized threat to biodiversity: marine sand mining. According to UNEP, marine dred...

The UNEP recommended that sand dredging should also be banned from beaches to protect coastal resilience and economies.

The first-ever global data platform on sand and other sediment extraction in the marine environment finds that the marine dredging industry is digging up 6 billion tons per year, the equivalent of more than 1 million dump trucks per day. This is significantly impacting biodiversity and coastal communities.

The UN Environment Programme has published new data on the dangers of sand dredging for marine life and coastal communities.

The United Nations reported that at least 6 billion tons of sand were dredged from the ocean annually, which threatens marine life and coast communities. Read more here.

"One million lorries of sand a day are being extracted from the world’s oceans, posing a “significant” threat to marine life and coastal communities facing rising sea levels and storms, according to the first-ever global data platform to monitor the industry."