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How Dredging Sea Sand and Sediments Impact Marine Ecosystem

Monday, September 30, 2024

The government plans to dredge 17.6 billion cubic meters of sea sand and sediment, altering the landscape and destroying marine life.

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Coastal erosion along the shores of Karimun Besar Island, Karimun Regency, Riau Islands, March 24. TEMPO/Yogi Eka Sahputra . tempo : 176531287417.

THE suction vessel activity belonging to the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, which was taking marine sediment samples in the waters around Assan Island at the end of August, has made Jakar, 51, anxious. As a leader of the Sustainable Fishermen Monitoring Group in Pasir Panjang, Karimun Regency, Riau Islands, he fears the return of rampant sea sand mining on the island, as occurred at the start of the millennium.

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Caesar Akbar, Irsyan Hasyim, and Yogi Eka Sahputra (Batam) contributed to this report. 

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