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Sand dredging sucking up Myanmar's Salween river

Something is devouring one of Myanmar's longest rivers, the Salween. Villagers in the country's southeast depend on it for growing their rice paddy. But the entire ecosystem is threatened to collapse ...
Yahoo

Sand dredging is 'sterilising' ocean floor, UN warns

GENEVA (Reuters) - Around 6 billion tons of marine sand is being dug up each year in a growing practice that a U.N. agency said is unsustainable and can wipe out local marine life irreversibly. Sand ...

Illegal sand dredging along Sg Golok threatens border stability, says Narathiwar vice-governor

NARATHIWAT: Illegal sand dredging activities along Sungai Golok, which forms the border between Thailand and Malaysia, have ...
Ventura County Star

Delays to dredge Channel Islands Harbor could mean less sand for Hueneme Beach

At the north end of Hueneme Beach, the coastline is perpetually receding. During high tide, waves bite chunks of sand from the base of a cliff-like berm that stands in some places more than 4 feet ...
Time

Is Cambodia Dredging its Rivers to Death?

Paul Ferber was scuba diving in Cambodia’s Sre Ambil River shortly after ships had finished dredging the area. As director of Marine Conservation Cambodia, Ferber was used to seeing the Cambodian ...
Dhaka Tribune

Sand syndicates tighten grip on northern region

Once vibrant lifelines for northern region of the country, the Teesta, Dharla and Jamuneswari rivers are now being ruthlessly ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

Dredging resumes at Oceanside harbor, sand spreading south of city’s pier

OCEANSIDEOCEANSIDE — Dredging resumed this week at the Oceanside harbor and could continue for as long as two more weeks to get the expected 250,000 cubic yards of sand, enough to beef up beaches ...
WTSP

Sarasota Key, Lido Key at odds over dredging sand

Lido Key, Florida -- A line has been draw in the water at Big Sarasota Pass between Lido Key and Siesta Key. And it's all over sand. One has a lot of it and the other not nearly enough. Some people ...
WFTV

Dredge operation in ponce inlet will replace sand lost during 2022 hurricane season

VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is placing equipment on the beach in Ponce Inlet for a dredging project. This will help replace sand lost during Hurricanes Ian and Nicole in ...
Marine Link

Sand Dredging is 'Sterilizing' Ocean Floor, UN Warns

Around 6 billion tons of marine sand is being dug up each year in a growing practice that a U.N. agency said is unsustainable and can wipe out local marine life irreversibly. Sand is the most ...
United News of Bangladesh on MSN

Sand syndicates tighten grip on Bangladesh's northern region

Once vibrant lifelines for northern Bangladesh, the Teesta, Dharla and Jamuneswari rivers are now being ruthlessly stripped of sand by illegal dredging syndicates operating under the shadow of ...