Illegal seabed dredging surges as Indonesia resumes sand exports

Mongabay
Feb 20, 2025, 7:34 am294 pts
JAKARTA/BATAM, Indonesia — Mounting reports of illegal seabed dredging in Indonesian waters have raised ecological alarm bells following the resumption of a controversial policy of sand exports. On Feb. 10, a Navy patrol detained seven boats found to be illegally dredging sea sand off the coast of West…

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