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GENEVA - Asean University Network (AUN) report on Tuesday (April 26) called for urgent action to avert a "sand crisis," including a ban on beach extraction as demand surges to 50 billion tonnes a year amid population growth and urbanisation. Sand is the most exploited natural resource in the world after water, but its use is largely ungoverned, meaning we...
STORY: The world faces a looming sand crisis, the UN has warned as the world’s population surges. They’ve called for urgent action to avert it, including a ban on mining beaches for their sand. (Name: Pascal Peduzzi , U.N. Environment Programme) “It’s renewing at a geological rate, and we are extracting it at such a fast rate.” Let’s take a look at what is causing the damage and where. Sand is the most exploited natural resource in the world after water. It's used in glass, concrete and constriction materials but it's use is largely ungoverned, meaning we are consumi...
NAIROBI, April 26 (Xinhua) -- Extraction of sand along oceans' shorelines as well as riverbeds must be capped to limit damage to fragile ecosystems and shield coastal communities from storm surges, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) said in a report.
United Nations Environment Programme recommends solutions for better sand management in new report
Strategic recognition for sand and actions across sectors needed, report urges.