How does the sand crisis affect the environment?
Biodiversity LossBiodiversity impacts on countless species can be seen in freshwater, oceanic, and water-adjacent habitats.
Read more Coastline DepletionSand extraction is leading to rapidly decreasing coastlines around the world.
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Climate ChangeRiver Ecosystem DegradationExtraction from rivers occurs globally and majorly impacts their trajectory and the species who reside there.
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Relevant conventions which connect to the sand crisis
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Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)Montego Bay, 1992
Connection to the sand crisis This convention regulates rights and obligations related to usage, development and preservation of maritime zones, including resource mining. |
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Water ConventionProtection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (Water Convention),
Helsinki 1992 Connection to the sand crisis Water and sand share many characteristics. 1. They are finite resources, 2. they are public goods 3. the consequences of flow downstream. Therefore the regulations which apply for water could be taken as example in order to regulate sand. |
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Biological Diversity (CBD)Rio de Janeiro, 1992
Connection to the sand crisis The sand crisis creates numerous effects on biodiversity and therefore affects the protected elements of this convention. |