Ask the Geographer
Ask the Geographer
Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) Schools
Why is sand a powerful natural resource? Dr Laura Schoenberger
11 minutes Posted Aug 16, 2019 at 4:02 am.
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In this podcast, we meet with Laura Schoenberger, we explore how, in countries such as Cambodia, sand mining is contributing to the erosion of estuaries, collapse of riverbanks. Sand is not a renewable resource within human timescales, so what does this mean for our environment and the countries that will suffer the most insecurity as a result of its loss.