Unchecked sea sand exports destroyed 26 sand islands in Riau Province in Sumatra. In western Java’s Banten Province, sand mining eroded the shoreline and destroyed coral reefs. Even after the ...
Over 20 years ago, then Indonesian president Megawati Soekarnoputri banned the export of sea sand from her archipelago nation. The ban was in response to the widespread environmental and economic ...
The ban was in response to the widespread environmental and economic damage it was causing. Unchecked sea sand exports destroyed 26 sand islands in Riau Province in Sumatra. In western Java's Banten ...
China Coast Guard (CCG) departments at all levels handled over 250 cases related to illegal sea sand mining and improper ... over 1,200 live corals and some dead corals. In another case, the ...
The Dead Sea is a paradoxical place. A large, terminal lake, not a sea, it lies at the lowest point on earth. The Jordan flows in, but no river flows out. It’s full of undrinkable water ...
Authorities brought a backhoe onto the sand around 3:30 p.m. and buried the ... to stay clear of a young humpback whale that washed up dead on Long Beach. Leebythesea.me There is an ongoing ...
The erosion of sand around the ship made it visible to humans. "Its emergence near the shoreline in an unexpected coastal location was attributed to wave action, resulting from rising sea levels ...