Unchecked sea sand exports destroyed 26 sand islands in Riau Province in Sumatra. In western Java’s Banten Province, sand mining eroded the shoreline and destroyed coral reefs. Even after the ...

Mounting reports of illegal seabed dredging in Indonesian waters have raised ecological alarm bells following the resumption ...

A hybrid dune, consisting of a combination of sand and hard elements ... We expect the dune, which is close to the coastline, to completely fade in the next two to three months," predicts Daan ...

Over 20 years ago, then Indonesian president Megawati Soekarnoputri banned the export of sea sand from her archipelago nation. The ban was in response to the widespread environmental and economic ...