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Sand : rarer than one thinks
Dr Pascal Peduzzi Director of Science
United Na@ons Environment Programme Geneva November 2015
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Glaciers & rivers move 24 billions tonnes per year
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Humans are extracting and moving btw 47 and 59 billions tonnes per year (2009)
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1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014
World
China
All other countries
1000 Ton
s of cem
ent / year
60 %
China uses more in 4 years than USA in one century Cement :
4’180’000’000 x 7 = …
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30 billions t. of sand & gravels (2014)
• Equivalent to a wall of 20 m x 20 m around the equator !
20 m
20 m
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What are we doing with sand ?
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Roads
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Buildings
828 m
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Dams
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Glass
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Electronics and other industrial uses
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Land reclamation
2001 2011
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Land reclamation
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Beach nourishment
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Where is it from ?
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Where is it from ?
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Quarries
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What are the impacts ?
• Impacts on landscape • Lowering the ground • Lost of soil
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River beds
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• Pollu@on and changes in levels of pH • Lateral instability • Can change the riverbed itself • Incision can drain to a lower level resul@ng in reduced aquifer storage
• May increase flood frequency and intensity by reducing flood regula@on
• Can lower the water table, thus exacerba@ng drought occurrence.
Impacts from river extrac@on.
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Lake shores
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Lake Poyang, the largest source of sand in China: 236 million m3 / year
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Coastal and beach
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• Erosion occurs either directly or indirectly • Reduce protec@on from storm surge • Destroy habitat from beach fauna (e.g. turtles, crabs,…)
• Reduce protec@on from sea level rise
Impacts from coastal extrac@on.
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Marin sand dredging
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Impacts from Marin extrac@on
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Impacts from Marin extrac@on
• On seabed flora and fauna • Destroys organisms, habitats and ecosystems • Affects the composi@on of biodiversity • Usually leading to a net decline in faunal biomass and abundance
• Or a shih in species composi@on • Too fine par@cles are rejected by dredging boats… changing water turbidity.
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Once trapped into concrete, the sand is lost.
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Impacts(on! Description!
Biodiversity! Impacts(on(related(ecosystems(services((e.g.(fisheries)(
Land(losses! Both(inland(and(coastal(through(erosion(processes(
Hydrological(function! Change(in(water(flows,(flood(regulation,(or(on(marine(currents(
Water(supply! Through(both(lowering(of(the(water(table(and(pollution(
Infrastructures(! Damage(to(bridges,(river(embankments(and(coastal(infrastructures(
Climate! Directly(through(transport(emissions,(indirectly(through(cement(production(
Landscape! Coastal((e.g.(beach)(erosion,(quarries,(pollution(of(rivers(
Extreme(events! Decline(of(protection(against(extreme(events((flood,(drought,(storm(surge)(
!
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SOLUTIONS ? We need : • Monitoring • New legisla@ons • Op@mize the use of exis@ng buildings and infrastructures
• Incen@ves (taxes and subven@ons)
• Recycling concrete and glass • Use ashes from wastes • Building with alterna@ve material
• Sound environmental impacts assessment prior mining, quarrying and land reclama@ons be authorized.
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Linear economy
Mines Industry Consumers Waste / Dump
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Circular economy
Industry Consumers
Waste as resource
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