Extent of illegal sand mining in the Mekong Delta

• Main Authors: Yuen, Kai Wan, Park, Edward, Tran, Dung Duc, Loc, Ho Huu, Feng, Lian, Wang, Jingyu, Gruel, Charles-Robin, Switzer, Adam D.
• Other Authors: Asian School of the Environment
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2024
• Subjects: Earth and Environmental Sciences; Mekong Delta; Vietnam
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/175464
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Sand is a vital ingredient for modern structures and to meet demand, a substantial volume of sand is extracted illegally from riverbeds globally. The Vietnamese Mekong Delta is one of the largest delta in Asia and it has a long history of riverbed sand mining. We quantified the illegal sand mining r...