LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Beneath an eight-lane expressway, Nigerian men stand waist-deep in the Lagos Lagoon, lowering buckets into murky water. Each load brings up sand, reshaping the coastline of ...

The Lagos State government has announced a crackdown on illegal sand dredging and unapproved land reclamation activities, warning that such operations are threatening the state’s delicate aquatic ...

Fisherwomen on the north coast of Java Island are pushing back against plans to dredge sea sand for export, saying they fear it will worsen coastal erosion and harm marine ecosystems. Under a 2023 ...

Reports of unauthorized seabed dredging have surged following Indonesia’s decision to resume sea sand exports in 2023, raising environmental concerns and exposing weak marine law enforcement.

Crews have placed a dredge pipe on Ponce Inlet beaches. The Army Corps of Engineers is conducting maintenance of the Ponce de Leon Inlet and Intracoastal Waterway. Beachside Ponce Inlet residents and ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Oriental Mindoro has ordered an immediate halt to all large-scale dredging, quarrying and mining of black sand and other mineral resources in the ...