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The last time it was legal, exports of sea sand destroyed dozens of Indonesian islands. Now, the ban is being lifted

  • Written by Bioantika, PhD Candidate, Global Centre for Mineral Security, Sustainable Minerals Institute, The University of Queensland
The last time it was legal, exports of sea sand destroyed dozens of Indonesian islands. Now, the ban is being liftedAn excavator dredges sea sand in Lhokseumawe, Sumatra.Mohd Arafat/Shutterstock

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 damage it was causing. Unchecked sea sand exports destroyed 26 sand islands...

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