Erosioninducing coastal sand mining to be outlawed
Oct 03, 2008· Weighing the risks of mining coastal verses noncoastal sand, the government chose the latter, said a director from the Ministry to Control Coastal Erosion, Roukaiyatou Sobabe Fadikpe, "There can be longterm risks to this plan [dredging sand inland] but specialists say that in the short term, it is not as risky as coastal sand mining.