Mining the Mekong: Land and livelihoods lost to Cambodia’s thirst for sand
2022年8月29日 · Sand mining by politically connected companies has been blamed for the collapse of riverbanks along the Mekong and Bassac rivers in Cambodia. Affected residents say they’ve lost their homes and their livelihoods, based on fishing and tourism, as a result of the mining, but see no positive changes or hope for justice.
In Cambodia, sand mining is big business — but it comes at a …
2019年9月18日 · Sand mining accounts for 85 percent of all worldwide mineral extraction, a $70 billion industry. In Cambodia, the practice is big business -- but it comes with a price. The country relies...
'Houses On The River Will Fall': Cambodia's Sand Mining Threatens ... - NPR
2020年2月27日 · The uproar and bad press over Cambodia's dredging of its coastal wetlands led Cambodia to officially ban sand exports in 2017. But there's plenty more for the miners to find and sell...
How Sand Mining Is Destroying Cambodia's Waterfront …
2023年2月14日 · In Cambodia, sand mining has become a popular industry to support concrete production. The influx of sand is threatening the homes of thousands who live along the country's water ways. The...
Sand mining threatens ways of life, from Cambodia to Nigeria
2019年4月23日 · The bad news is that environmentally destructive sand mining continues in other parts of Cambodia, throughout Southeast Asia, and in fact around the world. Since the mid-’00s, fishers in...
Sand mining in the Mekong Delta: Extent and compounded impacts
2024年5月10日 · In this review paper, the Vietnamese Mekong Delta (VMD), a global hotspot for sand mining with a prolonged history of intensive riverbed extraction, is used as a representative case study to highlight the extent and compounded impacts of this activity. The sand mining budget of the VMD ranged from 8.5 to 45.7 Mm 3 /yr.
Is Cambodia’s thirst for sand putting communities at risk?
2021年7月30日 · A study published in 2020 in the journal Nature Sustainability estimates that the amount of sand flowing downstream to the Mekong Delta is significantly smaller than current extraction rates in the region, linking sand mining to “bank instability potentially damaging housing and infrastructure and threatening lives”.
Shrinking Tonlé Sap and the recent intensification of sand mining …
2021年7月10日 · The significant geomorphic impacts of excessive sand mining cannot be overstated — a study by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) revealed that excessive sand mining in Cambodia's Koh Kong province has destabilised riverbanks upstream of the beach barrier, giving rise to erosion and river bank collapses.
Poverty and Sand Mining in Cambodia - The Borgen Project
2019年1月23日 · For more than a decade, sand mining in Cambodia has contributed to the collective poverty of fishing communities as well as displacement. Although Cambodia officially banned the export of sand in 2017, the connection between sand mining and poverty in Cambodia is …
In Cambodia, environmentalists demand more transparency in sand mining
2024年9月10日 · Cambodia currently has 49 active sand mining licenses, covering 2,320 hectares of the Mekong and Bassac rivers, according to a news report by Mongabay. In the first half of 2022 alone, more...