Global sand use hits 50 bln tonnes a yearSand is the second-most exploited natural resourceUN report calls for new rules on sand miningSome rivers flow backwards, deltas sink A U.N. report on Tuesday called for urgent action to avert a "sand crisis," including a ban on beach extraction as demand surges to 50 billion tonnes a year amid population growth and urbanisation. Sand is the most exploited natural resource in the world after water, but its use is largely ungoverned, meaning we are consuming it faster than it can be replaced by geological processes that take hundreds of thousands of years, the U.N. Environment Programme (UNEP) report says. Global consumption for use in glass, concrete and construction materials has tripled over two decades to reach 50 billion tonnes a y...
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