Guest post: La Tête dans le sable
Why are sand protests happening in Saint-Colomban/Nantes, France? Cover image © La Tête Dans Le Sable
Why should we care?
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
The global estimated value of illegal sand extraction: Guest post by Luis Fernando Ramadon
In this guest post, Luis Fernando Ramadon, a Federal Police Specialist from Brazil, shares his research on the estimated value of illegal sand extraction vis-a-vis other types of transnational crime.
Botswana’s challenge of river sand mining: Guest post by Otshabile Bahetoleng
In this guest post, Otshabile Bahetoleng, an Environmental Assessment Practitioner, shares the impacts of river sand mining in Botswana.