Fisherwomen on the north coast of Java Island are pushing back against plans to dredge sea sand for export, saying they fear it will worsen coastal erosion and harm marine ecosystems. Under a 2023 ...

At Lough Neagh in Northern Ireland, sand has been dredged commercially for decades. Large vessels remove sand from the lakebed and transport it to the shore. Because this happens underwater, the scale ...

Police and officials from the Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology shut down a team of alleged illegal sand dredgers in Kandal province on Saturday. Authorities confiscated five boats being ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Reports of unauthorized seabed dredging have surged following Indonesia’s decision to resume sea sand exports in 2023, raising environmental ...