Why are sand protests happening in Saint-Colomban/Nantes, France? Cover image © La Tête Dans Le Sable

Sand underpins lives and livelhoods across the world. ‘Beneath the sands’ demonstrates why there is an urgent need to manage this resource better.
Cover: A sand harvesting site in Rakwaro village, Kenya. Photograph: Sharon Atieno

This post briefly examines how the geopolitics of sand is playing out in the South China Sea. (Cover Image: Voice of America)

This post examines recent events connected to mineral sand mining in South Africa that are important milestones for Justice.