Sand theft or unauthorised or illegal sand mining leads to a generally unknown global example of natural and non-renewable resource depletion problem comparable in extent to global water scarcity.[1][2][3] Beach theft is illegal removal of large quantities of sand from a beach leading to full or partial disappearance of the beach. In India illegal sand mining is the country's largest organized criminal activity.[4]
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- ^ Christian Hellwig (19 April 2015). "Illegal Sand Mining is a Thing and it's a Problem". Global Risk Insights. Archived from the original on 5 January 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
- ^ Jakob Villioth (5 August 2014). "Building an economy on quicksand". ejolt.
Sand has by now become the most widely consumed natural resource on the planet after fresh water
- ^ "Sand Is in Such High Demand, People Are Stealing Tons of It". HowStuffWorks. 6 March 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2022.