Translation of "Sandabbau" in English

There are regulations in place to control sand mining.

For several years the extraction of gravel and sand on the Hundsberg has been forbidden.

There are alternatives for such massive mining of sand, for example the recycling of building rubble.

Fishermen in India are protesting against the removal of sand from beaches.

In addition to these environmental consequences, sand extraction also has a high potential for conflict.

There are alternatives to massive sand mining, for example the recycling of construction rubble.

Where there any hydrological as well as geology survey before sand mining to ascertain any risk on the highway? — UIDC (@UIDC_UG) January 30, 2018

Additionally, Chinese company known as Mango Tree has been in the spotlight over sand mining on the shores of Lake Victoria.

And, sure enough, with all the other pressures on the river, like sand mining, for example, very, very heavy cultivation all the way down to the river's edge, not allowing the animals to breed anymore, we're looking at even more problems building up for the gharial, despite the early good intentions.

There are light engineering factories near the town, and sand extraction occurs on the Cheshire Plain, although much of the town is now a dormitory for Manchester and Stoke-on-Trent.

The Commission is asking Spain to take appropriate action to stop what the Spanish authorities have themselves found to be long-standing illegal sand extraction activities in the area, and carry out a screening procedure to determine whether and in what conditions an Environmental Impact Assessment is necessary before the relevant permits are granted.

It had already begun to attract tourists by the end of the 19th century and its popularity is reflected in local names such as the Honerdingen Switzerland (Honerdinger Schweiz) - now unrecognisable due to sand quarrying - and Böhme Gorge (Böhmeschlucht).

An example of this, is the Gorovan Sands Sanctuary which near the reserve is known to be Armenia's only protected true desert reserve has been exploited from sand mining and livestock grazing.

After the sandy deposits on river banks and beaches have been exhausted in many places, the sand extraction is now concentrated on the seabed.

In Saudi Arabia Wahl observed how an entire reef is dying, because foreign sediment is covering and suffocating the coral due to sand mining.

The habitat of this species, the Antioch Dunes, are an only about 28,3 ha large areal, which was heavily damaged by urbanization, industrialization, sand mining, agricultural land conversion but also by driving off-road vehicles, uncontrolled fires and other human impacts, but which is now mostly under conservation.

Up to the 1990s clay, gravel, and sand mining was an important industrial sector in the Teverener Heide.

The main focus here was the acoustic remote sensing of the seabed with a special emphasis on the structure of the seabed and its changes due to sand mining in the Baltic Sea.

In addition, this massive global sand extraction endangers the ecosystem of rivers and seas, where the sand naturally lacks where it most makes sense to protect the coasts, flora and fauna.

Thanks to thick layers of blown sand, it offered extraordinary preservation conditions for settlements, graves, ritual buildings, and activity zones from the Stone Ages to Early Medieval times and was excavated in the past 30 years ahead of sand and gravel mining.

The Commission is asking Spain to take appropriate action to stop what the Spanish authorities have themselves found to be long-standing illegal sand extraction activities in the area, and carry out a screening procedure to determine whether and in what conditions an Environmental Impact Assessment is necessary before the relevant permits are granted.

While strict laws in the EU regulate sand mining and, for example in Germany and the Netherlands, sand from the sea is used almost exclusively for hydraulic filling, in other words for reclamation or for coastal protective measures, hardly anyone in emerging and developing countries such as Morocco, Thailand, India or Indonesia is concerned about prohibitions.