Sand and Sustainability: 10 Strategic Recommendations to Avert a Crisis

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dc.contributor.authorUnited Nations Environment Programme
dc.contributor.otherVander Velpen, Arnaud
dc.contributor.otherSmeets, Astrid
dc.contributor.otherTorres, Aurora
dc.contributor.otherMatheson, Alexander
dc.contributor.otherFriot, Damien
dc.contributor.otherFranks, Daniel
dc.contributor.otherCuperus, Geert
dc.contributor.otherYusuf, Halinishi
dc.contributor.othervan der Vegt, Helena
dc.contributor.otherSelby, Ian
dc.contributor.otherLynggaard, Josefine Reimer
dc.contributor.otherDawson, Kate
dc.contributor.otherPereira, Kiran
dc.contributor.otherGallagher, Louise
dc.contributor.otherGoichot, Marc
dc.contributor.otherRussell, Mark
dc.contributor.otherHemon, Nataša
dc.contributor.otherChuah, Stephanie
dc.contributor.otherWagenaar, Sybren
dc.contributor.otherPeduzzi, Pascal
dc.contributor.otherVan Lancker, Vera
dc.contributor.otherGuigoz, Yaniss
dc.date.accessioned2022-02-21T07:29:31Z
dc.date.available2022-02-21T07:29:31Z
dc.date.issued2022-04
dc.descriptionSand plays a strategic role in delivering ecosystem services, vital infrastructure for economic development, providing livelihoods within communities and maintaining biodiversity. It is linked to all 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) either directly or indirectly. Despite the strategic importance of sand, its extraction, sourcing, use, and management remain largely ungoverned in many regions of the world, leading to numerous environmental and social consequences that have been largely overlooked (Peduzzi 2014 ; UNEP 2019). This report therefore consolidates the expertise in sand and sustainability from different sectors to bring attention to the impacts from the current state of extraction, use and (mis)management, putting forward 10 recommendations for actions to set the global sand agenda in addressing environmental sustainability needs alongside justice, equity, technical, economic, and political considerations.en
dc.formatpdf
dc.identifier.isbn978-92-807-3918-3
dc.identifier.otherDTI/2416/PA
dc.identifier.urihttps://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/38362
dc.languageEnglish
dc.rights.accessLevelPublic
dc.subjectsand
dc.subjectstone
dc.subjectmineral resources policy
dc.subjectresource efficiency
dc.subjectecosystem restoration
dc.subject.sdgSDG 14 - Life below Water
dc.subject.themenatural areas
dc.subject.themelandscape
dc.subject.themeecosystems
dc.titleSand and Sustainability: 10 Strategic Recommendations to Avert a Crisisen
dc.typeTechnical report

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