Singapore, which increased its land area by 20 percent through land reclamation projects, has become the world's largest importer of sand. Due to environmental damage, coastal erosion, and island loss, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Cambodia have banned sand exports.
Singapore, which increased its land area by 20 percent through land reclamation projects, has become the world's largest importer of sand. Due to environmental damage, coastal erosion, and island loss, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Cambodia have banned sand exports.
Singapore has built nearly a fifth of its territory by massively importing sand from its neighbours, becoming the world's largest importer. Faced with the environmental damage caused by this intensive extraction, Indonesia, Malaysia and Cambodia have gradually closed the export tap. More