BANGKOK: Sand mining is eroding the world’s river deltas and coastlines, damaging the environment and hurting livelihoods from Cambodia to Colombia, as government regulation fails to keep pace with rising demand, warned the United Nations.
Global demand for sand and gravel, used extensively in construction, is about 50 billion tonnes or an average of 18kg per person per day, according to a report published by the UN Environment Programme (Unep).
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