RT Report
T1 Sand and Sustainability: 10 Strategic Recommendations to Avert a Crisis
A1 United Nations Environment Programme, 
A2 Vander Velpen, Arnaud
A2 Smeets, Astrid
A2 Torres, Aurora
A2 Matheson, Alexander
A2 Friot, Damien
A2 Franks, Daniel
A2 Cuperus, Geert
A2 Yusuf, Halinishi
A2 van der Vegt, Helena
A2 Selby, Ian
A2 Lynggaard, Josefine Reimer
A2 Dawson, Kate
A2 Pereira, Kiran
A2 Gallagher, Louise
A2 Goichot, Marc
A2 Russell, Mark
A2 Hemon, Nataša
A2 Chuah, Stephanie
A2 Wagenaar, Sybren
A2 Peduzzi, Pascal
A2 Van Lancker, Vera
A2 Guigoz, Yaniss
K1 sand
K1 stone
K1 mineral resources policy
K1 resource efficiency
K1 ecosystem restoration
SN 978-92-807-3918-3
YR 2022
FD 2022-04
LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/38362
UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/38362
NO Sand 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.
DS UN Environment Document Repository
RD Sep 22, 2026