Sand dredging is 'sterilizing' ocean floor, UN warns

Bangkok Post Group 2023-09-06

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Around 6 billion tons of marine sand are being dug up each year in a growing practice that a U.N. agency said is unsustainable and can wipe out local marine life irreversibly. - REUTERS

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