2022-5-6 Approximately 10 million tonnes of gravel and sand a year are reportedly extracted from Ayeyarwady River sites for construction. This is believed to be a gross underestimate of the total sand extraction from the Ayeyarwady River (estimated to be 20 million tonnes, or approximately 10% of the total estimated sediment budget of 220 million tonnes).
Contact2018-6-21 Extracting sand on Ayeyarwady River, August 2017. Photo: B Kadoe. Bethia Kadoe, a Myanmar student who is studying for a Masters’ in Environmental Science and Policy, International Development, Community and Environment (IDCE), at Clark University, Worcester MA, USA, was attached for a month in 2017, as an intern with MCRB, and worked in
Contact2016-1-1 Like other urban areas, the water supply in Yangon City is significantly reliant on groundwater. Even though the YCDC, as the state-owned water supply authority, has increased the supply of piped water from MCM 157.6 to 265 MCM during 2003–2013, this still falls short of the total water demand of the city.
Contact2018-8-24 Reviewing existing scientific s, the WWF’s research highlighted numerous physical impacts attributable to sand mining from changes in the shape of river beds and floodplains to alterations to instream habitats, groundwater reserves and water quality. In addition, sand mining can result in a reduction in diversity and abundance of fish in
Contact2019-11-28 Anthropogenic stresses, such as groundwater extraction, river training, construction and operation of hydropower infrastructure as well as sand mining play an important role in
Contact2020-10-30 river (underlying material, slope, catchment land use, etc.). Collectively the QSR limestonehighlight the decadal time-frames over which rivers respond and recover from sand mining disturbances, and the importance of land use in determining river response. The QSR limestonereport ecological impacts associated with sand mining including the
Contact2018-3-15 Dramatic Photos Show How Sand Mining Threatens a Way of Life in Southeast Asia. Vietnam is a prime example of a little-known global threat: the mining of river sand to build the world’s booming
Contact2022-4-30 OCEAN Pump Brand sand dredges are widely used for river channel sand excavation, sand extraction in sand mine, harbor dredging, reclaim land from the sea, slag cleaning transportation, harbor dredging, salt mining, etc. We provided effective sand dredgers and solutions to over 60 countries. Our customers are from Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand
Contact2018-6-14 A local company plans to extract 5 million cubic metres of sand over five years in sensitive coastal areas in Tanintharyi Region without legally-required environmental assessments. Experts warn that the proposed sand mining will be highly damaging to a nearby pearl farm, biodiversity and fisheries and livelihoods of local communities. The issue highlights some of
Contact2021-12-24 The monsoon season (July to September) provides a sedimentation supply pulse, which is extracted to supply the annual construction peak season in the dry season that follows. Since 2010, a construction boom in Myanmar has fueled a sharp increase in the extraction of sand from the Ayeyarwady. While there are no precise data for aggregates demand
Contact2020-3-4 YANGON/SINGAPORE, March 4 (Reuters) From a boat on the Salween River in southeastern Myanmar, Than Zaw Oo pointed to a brown stretch of water he said was once full of lush paddy fields. Farmers and politicians in Chaungzon township, just outside the southern town of Moulmein, worry that erosion in the area is being exacerbated by the ships that dredge its
Contact2016-1-1 Like other urban areas, the water supply in Yangon City is significantly reliant on groundwater. Even though the YCDC, as the state-owned water supply authority, has increased the supply of piped water from MCM 157.6 to 265 MCM during 2003–2013, this still falls short of the total water demand of the city.
Contact2019-2-13 The mining of sand from Myanmar’s rivers could be creating an environmental crisis with potentially serious consequences for the 34 million people who live in the Ayeyarwady River basin. Myanmar cannot afford to ignore the effects of sand mining any longer. At the moment it’s a case of out of sight, out of mind.
Contact2018-8-24 Reviewing existing scientific s, the WWF’s research highlighted numerous physical impacts attributable to sand mining from changes in the shape of river beds and floodplains to alterations to instream habitats, groundwater reserves and water quality. In addition, sand mining can result in a reduction in diversity and abundance of fish in
Contact2020-10-30 river (underlying material, slope, catchment land use, etc.). Collectively the QSR limestonehighlight the decadal time-frames over which rivers respond and recover from sand mining disturbances, and the importance of land use in determining river response. The QSR limestonereport ecological impacts associated with sand mining including the
Contact2019-11-28 Anthropogenic stresses, such as groundwater extraction, river training, construction and operation of hydropower infrastructure as well as sand mining play an important role in
Contact2019-7-2 For example, sand mining on the Pearl River (Zhujiang) in China has lowered water tables, made it harder to extract drinking water and hastened river-bed scour, damaging bridges and embankments 7
Contact2016-12-21 Tun Lin has a unique occupation: he is the security guard at Linno limestone karst cave on the bank of the Salween River in Myanmar’s southeast Karen (Kayin) State. He earns 80,000 Myanmar kyat
Contact2020-3-4 YANGON/SINGAPORE, March 4 (Reuters) From a boat on the Salween River in southeastern Myanmar, Than Zaw Oo pointed to a brown stretch of water he said was once full of lush paddy fields. "This
Contact2021-12-24 The monsoon season (July to September) provides a sedimentation supply pulse, which is extracted to supply the annual construction peak season in the dry season that follows. Since 2010, a construction boom in Myanmar has fueled a sharp increase in the extraction of sand from the Ayeyarwady. While there are no precise data for aggregates demand
Contact2020-3-4 YANGON/SINGAPORE, March 4 (Reuters) From a boat on the Salween River in southeastern Myanmar, Than Zaw Oo pointed to a brown stretch of water he said was once full of lush paddy fields. "This
Contact2021-12-24 The monsoon season (July to September) provides a sedimentation supply pulse, which is extracted to supply the annual construction peak season in the dry season that follows. Since 2010, a construction boom in Myanmar has fueled a sharp increase in the extraction of sand from the Ayeyarwady. While there are no precise data for aggregates demand
Contact2016-1-1 Like other urban areas, the water supply in Yangon City is significantly reliant on groundwater. Even though the YCDC, as the state-owned water supply authority, has increased the supply of piped water from MCM 157.6 to 265 MCM during 2003–2013, this still falls short of the total water demand of the city.
Contact2021-6-1 Mineral aggregates (sand, gravel, cobbles, crushed rock etc.) are the largest extracted material group in the world. Sand extraction has seen drastic growth over the past two centuries, primarily due to its use in construction industry. Sand extraction is associated with significant ecological, economic and social externalities including brutal
Contact2019-2-13 The mining of sand from Myanmar’s rivers could be creating an environmental crisis with potentially serious consequences for the 34 million people who live in the Ayeyarwady River basin. Myanmar cannot afford to ignore the effects of sand mining any longer. At the moment it’s a case of out of sight, out of mind.
Contact2019-11-28 Anthropogenic stresses, such as groundwater extraction, river training, construction and operation of hydropower infrastructure as well as sand mining play an important role in
Contact2019-7-2 For example, sand mining on the Pearl River (Zhujiang) in China has lowered water tables, made it harder to extract drinking water and hastened river-bed scour, damaging bridges and embankments 7
Contact2020-10-30 river (underlying material, slope, catchment land use, etc.). Collectively the QSR limestonehighlight the decadal time-frames over which rivers respond and recover from sand mining disturbances, and the importance of land use in determining river response. The QSR limestonereport ecological impacts associated with sand mining including the
Contact2016-12-21 Tun Lin has a unique occupation: he is the security guard at Linno limestone karst cave on the bank of the Salween River in Myanmar’s southeast Karen (Kayin) State. He earns 80,000 Myanmar kyat
Contact2019-5-8 Sand extraction has increased pollution and flooding, lowered groundwater levels, hurt marine life, and exacerbated the occurrence and severity of landslides and drought. Myanmar Military Plays Safe. 2 May 2019. The Struggle Continues for Myanmar Migrants in Thailand. A crane moves sand from a ship on the Mekong River in Hau Giang
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