ONE EARTH - Reducing sand mining’s growing toll on marine biodiversity

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February 21, 2025 - Aurora Torres<$authorEmail>, Jean-Baptiste Jouffray, Vera Van Lancker, Arnaud Vander Velpen, Jianguo Liu<liuji@msu.edu>

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2025.101202

Abstract:

Global demand for marine sand is on the rise, expanding dredging impacts on biodiversity and often encroaching on marine protected areas. Systems approaches like the metacoupling framework help uncover overlooked impacts and balance resource extraction with biodiversity conservation. This requires addressing knowledge gaps, enhancing accountability, and mainstreaming ecological restoration to reverse biodiversity loss.

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