Illegal Sand Mining Is Ruining These Countries' Ecosystems
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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2021
- 'Bad Goods' is a documentary series for Vice News looking at the worldwide illicit trade market, from wildlife trafficking, counterfeit item selling and sand mining. It will follow key people, from enforcement to traffickers, at the heart of the trade and explore what is behind the demand for illicit products. This episode explores the business of sand mining.
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My grandmother's town is devastated by illigal sand mining. Thanks vice for the mind-blowing journalism.
What about the Bengali journalist who put his life on stakes?
@@Salty0 what about him? because ekra didn't mention them, that suddenly means they don't care? what's the point of your comment?
Bangladesh so many corrupt politicians and everything. And people there say Amar Desh Bangladesh in happiness? 😂 Bad country glad I left living better than ever
don't worry human need will out pace the supply and all sand mining will stop leaving us to have to make sand.
And you did nothing.
We Indians getting this extemely important imformation from Foreign media is a tight slap on face of indian media.
Indian media is just as much of a joke as Indian democracy
We don't have this level of problem
They are busy in spreading hate between hindu muslim and India Pakistan.
@@MJ_M agreed
@@jamrozkhan206 they already hate each other no need for spreading it
Kamal is a hero. All journalists should strive to be like him.
Living near a sandmining area in East Africa , one sees the demand growing almost monthly .
Taking advantage of poverty , and the Jobs over Everything mentality .
Dramatic change in construction methods cannot come soon enough .
Exactly, we need to go back to wood frame construction.
@@pluto8404 concrete composite foam is a much better solution. Less demand for sand, cement and also half the CO2 emissions. Building from wood is fine but also has severe environmental impacts when illegally logged. Recycled wood composites are good and i believe composite wood can also be made from recycled paper.
@@pluto8404 most houses are wood frame. Why not got for steel frame. Or now there's a new tech, Graphite composites.
There no such thing as a concrete frame.
Yup jobs over the planet is human way. Its pathetic
@@captaintoyota3171 short-term greed over the long-term costs is the human way. The consequences won't be pretty.
Shout-out the small content creators that's making vice documentary again..
Yes,Vice lost its way there for a little bit. I’m glad they are back to covering things that made us fall in love with them in the first place👏🏻👍🙌🏻
@@Scotto6977 That's not what I'm saying but Ok I guess..
@@ritchierich2793 we DONT care what you meant , but ok I guess..
@@ritchierich2793 what? Then wtf did you mean?
I’m not sure if your unoriginal comment was bot generated or not 🤔
"সাংবাদিকতা মানেই রিস্ক"
“Journalism means risk”
That’s a global headache for all Journalists.
Mama tikh bolso!
journalist means type with literally 1 finger while looking for keys 😂
@@Shackleford8 In Bangladesh, journalist sticker on vehicles give them special access to places that are restricted to masses. Some utilize it for personal advantage and some keep it professional.
Western journalists usually are super priviliged world wide almost. Especially in the west. Stop with these exaggerated comments for likes.
that's why most journalists in the US have gone woke..... just be the mouthpiece for the cabals......
Wrecking the environment like this is like selling your own children. Unfortunately living a hand to mouth existence makes one short-sighted.
Capitalism counts on that and keeps ppl living hand to mouth.
I admire journalists who risk their lives to report. They are so important. I hope that man continues to live safely.
We'll all be living on two ends of a giant apple core in space at some point.
I laugh at this now but you .are a good point
hempcrete solves this.
i have a bunch of video on hemp, you can research hempcrete and grow yourself in most regions.
@@dertythegrower no
Do we have a game plan? An end goal? Are we just mindlessly breeding just trying to get ares before we die? Do we prepare for the children to grow up? Do we care about the history of all ancestors?
Stop being dramatic. Matter can neither be created or destroyed.
Concrete would be the next big issue to be tackled in the climate disaster. Its just not sexy like green energy, planting trees and going vegetarian
hard to see whether ur baiting, mocking or serious.
Hempcrete is the future.
@@ethan20559
it's not mocking it's reality.
every device that use processor are made of sand, glasses, most building are made of sand and this is already a big of problem in this world especially the illegal one because they take everything without limitation
@@beaconing7689 concrete is literally the most practical building material we have instead of using only steel. its ingredients are plentiful and can easily be responsibly farmed.
@@ethan20559 This video is prove that there are issues with one of the main materials needed, destroying rivers and delta's.
These guys are literally digging out piece of their country and selling it.
A severe drought!
Just like America selling our WATER in exporting vegetables over season.
Nuts, vegetables are water hogs and the USA central valley where growing in
because money is much bigger than one's patriotism
@@suehafford9463 "Just like America selling our WATER in exporting vegetables over season.
Nuts, vegetables are water hogs and the USA central valley where growing in" It takes a couple of gallons of water just to grow 1 almond.
All countries do it
Fascinating. Everything is so finite and everything is connected. Yet we keep refusing to line up our behavior with out knowledge.
@Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington "lord" help us. Maybe greed is the "great filter" people like Enricho Fermi hypothesized as the reason we haven't encountered an alien species. As opposed to some particle accelerator disaster.
no this is the problem! we are lining up our behavior without knowledge
Yup greed is most common human trait
"we" and "our" do not apply at all. We are talking about third worlders who have no place in the 21st century as their mindset did not evolve at all.
I'm surprised no one discussed the living standards and employment opportunities of the people who partake in sand-mining.
In turn, that would more than likely endanger the employee's, so the journalists are taking the fight straight to the employers.
I had to sign an arbitration agreement which prohibits me from seeking legal help if I feel I'm being mistreated, in America.
We can only imagine what these workers are put through in order to be silenced.
@@Celestialbeing21 those don’t stand up in court depending on what state you live in. Same
Goes with non complete statements .
@@Celestialbeing21 but of course signing them feels official and they are meant to scare you
@@Celestialbeing21 yeah thats not legal
I think the same, just let them sink or get swallowed by the rivers near them in the future, ... at least that will reduce the over population
i'm from singapore, watching this at the start made me think about the sand dune that i sometimes see, lo and behold, suddenly Singapore comes into the story, lmao
Marina Bay area eh? And Marine Parade? 🤭
Ye importing sand is a strat Singapore uses to maintain its coasts
Some government in ASEAN (like Indonesia) stop exporting sand to singapore...and singapore facing stagnant economy for some period...this is not good for singapore, but as Indonesian it is only shifting the sand to another project like the booming of infrastucture project in indonesia
Lol the sand dune at pasir ris lol
my friend is working in Soolaliyal amaicchu am gonna ask about this
I found sand and river rocks just a foot below the topsoil on my property. I was able to use it to landscape my yard. I didn't realize what a valuable resource I was digging up.
Even if desert sand was usable, we humans would have found a way to make it run out.
There are people working on synthetic sand, I'm sure who far they've gone.
Sand is crust up fine minerals. We can make it easily out of plastic since plastic starts off with oil and oil can be turned back into the minerals. It does take a lot of energy. Its not that we will run ouy its really due to poor developent in thease places cause the people to make resources scarce. If we educate people to understand why we shouldnt do thease things and give them the financial stability through makeing bissneses that ate nessesary and limit the growth (aka) repopulation speeds. This wouldnt be a problem. I wont be surprised if in the future they will force men to be nutured in the future. To forcefully limit population. To limit the events like this.
We as a human race are the disease. The only cure is to limit the disease. Just as you would with a virus. Kill it off. As messed up as it sounds this will solve a lot of problems. Genocide is not the solution. Education, financial stability, and limited reproduction. Its going to happen because of thease situations. It will be the final solution.
@@burntchickennugget191 start with yourself 👍
just use it to replace the river sand there removeing
Human greed is unquenchable..it's sad
"Solutions come after the problems appear and then its too late" : 27:20
The end of every political and religious debate that has ever happened.
It's so sad how you can meme that message and it could apply to almost all economic standards, globally.
Bir Tawil in Africa is pure sand just below Egypt in North Sudan and it's an unclaimed Country anyone can plant their flag there and establish your own kingdom. Go to tell the king's if the earth and mine it for it's pure sand!
@@mikegunter8777 it's useless desert sand though. not river sand.
Hempcrete is a simple solution of this, on epic levels its better than concrete and its fireproof
@@dertythegrowerexpensive and a lot harder to make for a shithole like Bangladesh. If it was that good we'd be using it already.
The river says: "You take from me, I take from you! IT'S NOT FREE!"
A friend of mine retired and bought some beach front property in the Philippines. People kept stealing the sand on his land. He had to hire some guys to guard his property and keep people from stealing his sand. I always wondered if the guys he hired were they same guys that were stealing his sand.
Sand, Chinese Rosewood, Palm Oil, Mercury, Cartel Avocado, Afghan Poppy, Lithium, Oil, Precious Metals, Precious Minerals, Afghan saffron.... The list goes and and on and on and on. Human corruption is way out of hand. Sometimes makes me wish god was real so it could distribute proper measures to get us all in order.
What sets mankind apart is their free will, their conscience, their intelligence and among them, the most precious are those who choose to hope despite the inevitability of suffering. Also among them, old moneys who own decades -old businesses, playing legal wargames and legal drugtrafficking. They have names. They have allegiances.
God blaming is shifting the perspective away from the actual real breathing human beings who are committing crimes legally.
@@tray3827 I know right, people say there are groups of billionaires hidden controlling the world from the shadows. I disagree, we know very well who controls the world and even where they live, but we've created such a complicated system under their influence that instead of solving the problem, we protect it so it all stays the same.
This is the paradox, theres so much of this going on you have wonder why trying is even attempted. Human nature will always undo great works.
French bull dogs, granny Smith, DeWalt 20v brushless cordless, and 12 g shot shells.
I think rich countries depend on corruption in poor countries to keep themselves in control and rich. . . the necessary environmental controls will limit the growth of developing countries by preventing competition with those that are already developed and continue to exploit others. . . and yes, the list are infinite, if include innumerable problems and local situations in minor scales . . .
this needs more funding! satellite "policing" of rivers using vessel tracking could be a very effective tool in fighting this. I'm not opposed to ETHICAL, sustainable extraction methods, but the profits should be used to help everyone, not corrupt cops and beaurocraps.
Yes.. also alternatives like hempCrete
The financial incentives encourage illegal sand mining, law enforcement stands no chance.
@@dertythegrower I'm soo glad you mentioned hempcrete. It is honestly SUCH a fantastic material. Hemp grows rapidly, extracts a bunch of co2 from the air, and can trap that carbon into the hempcrete effectively taking it out of the carbon cycle. It's a wonderful material that needs to be mass produced truthfully.
@@dertythegrower LOL what that? maybe, at the possible best les the 1 procent?
Lol? Sustainable? Physic is a zero sum game.
Let's pray for the safety of Syeda Rizawana Hassan, CEO of BELA after this report because previously she was targeted by other mafias along with govt for her bold activity.
unfortunately she has been killed since the filming of the documentary
@@hipstajohnyy2033 She has not, why would you say such a thing?
My friend for the past 6 years: "Gold is becoming worthless, buy bitcoin"
Vice: "Sand is priceless"
Me: ......
Lol you believe gold is becoming worthless, you do know it necessary for electric device made in 2021 and in the future, it's used in medical devices and more. Do some research on the subject
@@0397rb he’s just trying to make a funny meme, clearly he doesn’t care about facts, he only cares about likes.
Invest in limited resources. Sand is basically limitless,
Time to start making hemp cement or other alternatives like recycling old concrete
Billion dollar idea mate
Maybe learn to repurpose trash like the way communities globally have earthships.
@HunterBidensCrackPipe Well we can literally make cement from mycelium and hemp, it just needs more acknowledgement and funding to get it kicked off. But i do fear hemp will become like palm oil where we devestate natural land for hemp
@HunterBidensCrackPipe sounds like you know everything already.. why watch this video or engage in the first place ? 😘
@@louismccomack9524 sadly its actually billions keeping those things suppressed as they cost $ to change tooling/profits
I suppose humans will never cease to pursue development until the day the whole world collapse in front of their own eyes.
not development but capitalism
@HunterBidensCrackPipe So you currently love the system we are living in right now? You think this system is the best we can do?
@HunterBidensCrackPipe Capitalism is the best is that why LA has over 100,000 Homeless living on the streets?
Is that why Average citzens can be in Debt after 1 hospital visit?
Is that why Jeff Bezos has 200 Billion dollars while his workers make minimum wage?
Capitalism effected our War in Afghanistan, look at all the US defense companies that profited off the War, Each of their stock went up Hundreds of dollars, which only made the Rich richer
The wage gape we have in America is due to Capitalism aswell as many other problems
Every Major city in America has a homeless problem that is only getting worse
Capitalism is main reason for Exploitation & Usury
@HunterBidensCrackPipe You can't become a Billionare in America without exploiting workers
Yup nihilism is only solution
Vice, teaches me about so many things, on so many days, keep up the good work, love and respect to you all!!
As a Singaporean, i have seen those "hills of sands" before. I actually never thought about how we sourced for them. We have always trusted the government in getting raw materials legally.
Singapore's glorious is built by the black hands.
@@keviny.9596 nope. I have to disagree with you on that. We have done very well for ourselves with very little corruption.
@@VanaeCavae lmfaoooo
You took bangla soil and now some banglas gonna come in sigapore and bangla some chicks
@@zuboy4272 bangla DISH my singapore chow fun lol . go away you noob
As I live in Bangladesh, even before clicking on the video I somehow knew it was about my country.
Why are you guys stealing sand?
@@sandisom23 The sand mafia is a group of powerful people with political and criminal ties. They are extracting this sand from the river bed as it is more suitable for making cement for construction.
@@niloykesslar2447 blame India simple.
Like your people always do.
No doubt we have also problem but we never blame Bangladesh for our problem
It because of corrupt politicians
@@micckyverma8790 why are you triggered? did he blame india? He didn't blame India, ok ?
@@Ragavan He will soon when India denies entry to millions of bangladesh who literally will up submerged under wate by 2050
Is it difficult to track the sand ships? No. The researchers can easily track illegal sand imports by Singapore. World need a Global sand trade ban treaty
Agreed, AIS ship data is simple.
You wouldn't think they didn't do that already??🤣🤣 Like it's even hard to catch smuggled oils let alone illegal sand..
Amazing work to the team involved in producing this. Blew my mind and I'm not easily awoken to something I didn't even think of before. This was so interesting
There’s a great stuff you should know podcast episode about this. Highly recommend. Sand is used at a rate that is nearly incomprehensible
Gotta love Vice. We're all ruining the planet. These videos just make me want to give up.
Chill we've got so much more left to destroy. Atleast wait till we complete it.
or you know, give me enough anger to push through my difficulties, This might sound cliche but use the anger
You can also 1) hold the fuckers responsible to account, because the vast majority of the damage are very few rich fucks and their companies and 2) easily reduce your own footprint by orders of magnitude.
“give up” is exactly what the corrupt and politicians want us to do so they can keep cashing in
The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the Lord has spoken this word 🙏
The earth MOURNS and FADES away, the languishes and fades away, the haughty people of the world languishes.
Therefore the the curse devours the earth, and they that dwell in it are desolate, therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned and few men left.
Hard hitting reality we as humans face in our arrogance and high hand held against heaven. Were on a destructive path of no return.
7:15 How ironic is that sand is being exctracted for building structures, destroying structures at the same time in the process...
Just a very small percentage
"I don't like sand. It's rough and coarse and it gets everywhere."
I was about to say the same thing, LOL
its coarse not course.
@@radscorpion8 of coarse.
and... here I was thinking a concrete house was the most environmentally friendly than other homes such as wood. At this point in life, I guess nothing we do is.
On top of the sand usage, they use huge diesel trucks to haul it around and big foundations are also getting steel wire or bars inside it.
"Thank you this is the vice we need. Going back to their roots" 🤣
?? why this emoji? why this comment? what am I missing?
@@ElliottWestburypeople always complain that vice covers super unimportant stuff.
Well I actually found it is going back to the original vice. No emojis in my reply.
Shouldn't there be a task force for saving the world and mankind from pollution ? One that doesn't take bribes ?
How naive of a question. We both know it doesn't happen.
Yeah probably but humans are greedy short sighted monsters. Sadly thats the truth and we will do NOTHING till billions pass away sadly. Oceans sand plastic co2 nox etc etc etc greed over the planets health. I actually hope a smaller asteroid hots and wipes out an entire country. Maybe and maybe then we will realize how fragile we r. Covid shoulda showed us but we dont listen 2 nature. It hasta be small enough tho to not wipe us all out but 100s of millions. Only on that scale will we wake up
@@captaintoyota3171 I like your thinking,but doubt losing millions will change things for long. Youre optimistic,btw i aint green im nice to nature,guess im a damn fool.
Thanks for producing this video. Had no idea that this was happening and the impact of it . Makes you wonder if there is anybody there who can pull this back from the brink.
I live in Thailand, and my uncle owns a sand dredging concession plant just outside Bangkok. He said that he's making about 4.000 USD daily profit from the operation as trucks after truck line up to buy his sand. Here, illegal dredging is completely impossible but getting a dredging concession isn't easy also, most of them are run by local mafia or somebody powerful within that location. My uncle was a senior police general before his retirement, so the many connections that he's got have allowed him to set up this business.
Guys I really love how you come up news that are key and vital,in this case you made me think that "Bangladesh being a underdeveloped country does these much sand alone go for the country's own infrastructure,and then comes Singapore as an international buyer with huge money". Aa guys your presentation is a thumbs up. I have also seen the sand dredging in Cambodia that is directly involving Singapore as the major buyer. Nice video guys ❤️☮️🤘🔥
@HahThatsWhatSheSaid can it really be legal to buy, when it's been illegally acquired? Imagine the same scenario, but with iPhones.
Isn't Bangladesh underneath the sea level? Oh well, I guess with this sand extraction, they're going to go under quicker, that's all.
10 meter above it.
One tidal wave away
Bangladesh is on average 85 metres above sea level. 20% of it is mountainous/hilly. Highest point of Bangladesh is 1065 metres above sea level. Instead of commenting straight up like an idiot, you should do some in depth research and then make a constructive criticism.
@@syedabdullahmahmood9092 whaaaaaaaaat.😮
1/3rd of Bangladesh submerges in water in rainy season. You can check it on internet abouts it's avg. Height.
Edit:-Im not "fighting"
@@user-yr1cs1pw6h 1/3 submerges because of excessive water from both too much rainfall and melting of Himalayan glaciers from where the hundreds of rivers originate. If it was below sea level then how does it stay dry during the summer?
could have easily watched 2 hours of this, very eye opening an interesting
Vice does have some truly remarkable looks into the issues in our world that we don’t see often
I live by the Mekong river in Cambodia and we're having the same problem.
I didn't like your comment because you are having this problem.
I liked your comment because I want more people to know that Cambodia is having issues too.
Please be safe and stay strong.
Indian Here, playing with nature is extremely risky. I know.
But I see *no way out* of this. We built our house using Sea's sand. It has started to develop Cracks after just *two months.*
Now imagine a highway, or a Dam built with such stuff.
In my personal opinion. *ANY* developing country can't always think about Nature.
@@user-yr1cs1pw6h "*Any* developing country can't always think about nature."
I don't have a problem with developing, it's the method of how it's done. I am also sorry to hear that your house is starting to crack.
Regarding the sand issue, I for one find it ironic that the same materials that are being pulled from the rivers is leading to more coastal erosion which in turn brings the water closer to in-land.
My point, nature is dictating they need to slow down the production.
@@Celestialbeing21 if only we could find a path which could settle both issues of erosion and infrastructure.
China is also investing heavily on Bangladesh & that explains the construction boom too.
And china controls the starting point of this rivers.
In 2017 I travelled from Phnom Penh along the Tonle Sap River. The number of sand barges was incredible.
What a topic..!!! Just mind blowing.
Sad but nature eventually claims what it is owed..
Excatly earth is always moving breathing machine after the humans are done it will continue to change and thrive
@@604h22a True. I'm tired of these videos that say sand is running out for cement or whatever it is for. Nature will always find a way to replenish things that we need.
@@narata1541 Nature will give us what we need, actually.
And what we need is an ass beating.
@@narata1541 this is not what the other's meant actually
Unfortunately it claims from everyone and not those responsible.
South Asia and Africa.
The most poorest and coorupt part on earth.🤦
Interestingly enough, I just watched a documentary on building in Singapore were due to the shortage they are now utilizing the sludge waste from the incinerated garbage. It turn out it is much stronger than river sand and has helped utilize all the sludge. Its was called tomorrow land by CNA I believe. Not sure if they are using it for land expansion but for their concrete it works much better than sand.
With the number of people in Bangladesh, I imagine they have lots of garbage and lots of sludge. Someone needs to get that video to the government (including the UN), the media here (first) and sent to every construction contractor in the world! Someone needs to clamp down on bribery. In the US, they don’t call it bribery and they don’t bother the local folks, the money is to be made by getting government permission. They call it “lobbying”, bribery of officials and the highest levels where the laws are made.
ruclips.net/video/p_AgSrTc6P4/видео.html Starts at 22:55 .
@@jenniferlindsey2015 truth teller both parties must to
Only if you do it right. In Songdo, Korea, they did it too and part of that city has a bad smell.....
Vice is on fire with the docs lately!
Corruption? Welcome to earth mothereffer!
A world of sheep. Run by Wolfs, owned by Pigs.
Not Earth, Humans.
Teachers: We are going to Bangladesh
The kid Named Ladesh:
The kid named Gladesh:
@@ipadair7345 he got banned from the chat so he couldn’t say anything
Look at that smoke coming from his bike 0:11
Man I love how Bengali aunties talk. Miss my Bengali teachers ♥️
I wonder how VICE gets these new topics so quickly and randomly. there's literally no way of telling what they're gonna cover next, which is what makes it the best info hub IMO
True true
Vice making good content again, love to see it. They were making some terrible content for a while. This is the type of content we like.
Agreed. It's also content we desperately need. However, without doing anything with this information, the path of destruction making its way around the globe continues to rapidly increase exponentially. It all boils down to the rich and powerful who've created the negative which leads to the human instinct for survival. Ultimately, only the instigators profit. Cycle of destruction.
They were becoming like that “woke” Aj+
Wtf don't you guys go make your own content. Always complaining. Appreciate what you get. By the way it's free and you're still complaining wtf..
@@GladysAlicea I agree. We definitely need to act on information like this. Unfortunately most people only watch these documentaries for entertainment...
@@MPD473 I appreciate free good content. I'm just saying they started making some horrible stuff in the middle. I'm glad they're getting back on track.
For those also wondering: it appears the sand haulers were given 1 taka coin per load, which currently exchanges for about 1.2 US cents.
It's not just happening in Bangladesh...it's been going on in India for a LONG time! The whole region should work together to address and combat the issue.
Same here in india from north kashmir to kerela. No stopping it. The local villagers people are the sand mafia our rivers are fucked.
Sorry to hear that.
Things are getting worse all around the world 😕😢
Unless we expose and fix them.
Had never even heard of sand mining! Crazy
illegal sand miners messed up the river in my dad's ancestral village. it was such a beautiful peaceful river. now it's crap and doesn't flow during the summers... what a shame...
Sorry to hear that. That must be devastating.
@@josephburnside2135 yea the sand mining stopped about 10 years ago but it still looks like crap and the once sandy banks are now full of grasses.
really interesting, i'd never have thought this was a thing
You took the words right out of my mouth
This is what journalism is suppose to be about
Lol how do u think glass is made
@@Mybabycase it being illegal and ruining ecosystems. numb nuts.
@@Mybabycase its not about glass its massive amounts of concrete needed for building anything
The good news is that MIT scientists have just invented a way of turning recycled plastic into concrete that is 15% stronger than standard concrete, and it requires no sand.
How easy would this be implemented on a worldwide scale?
@@JJ-Toreddie seeing as how plastics are made, it would be very time comsuing and expensive.
@@BGRUBBIN That's why it uses recycled plastics, and used plastic isn't that hard to come by
@@JJ-Toreddie A lot easier than getting hundreds of thousands of people to dig for sand in rivers.
@@rumrunner8019 story link?
Thank u for the eye opening reporting .
Great, something else I have to worry about. Cheers Vice.
I really admire the strong spirit and bravery of this woman. She's confronting influential and powerful people behind this corruption and illegal activities and yet she is standing and fighting for the rights of minorities. I'm wishing you Maam good health and protection. If this has been done to the Philippines you'll never see the sun. Greed and corruption is one of the reasons why poor people becoming poor and rich people become richer and Politicians wanted stayed in seat of because power.
Selling the ground under your feet, what could go wrong. Tax the builders.
That would only be a tax on the end users. All people purchasing, leasing, living and working in the buildings.
My trades and buys have been confirmed before this weekend. This is a great time to release this post.
Great reporting! Vice ❤️
This guy that took a beatdown appears to be the “Journalist” needed to report on issues here in the states.
It’s obvious he will take a beating to expose the truth and not lace it to fit an agenda or a particular party.
If they ran that sand through sluice boxes they would find considerable gold.
Not necessarily.
Vice, you've been kicking ass lately and I like it 😉
This is so darn important
There is russian joke: "If communists had taken over Sahara, It would run out of sand". Now I know this problem isn't reserved to communism exclusively.
sadly humanity doesn't give a darn about this planets' health. WE don't deserve this beautiful planet....we will only destroy it.
if you become homeless, you will go green.
- no electricity
- no sand, no cement, no wood etc
We are destroying it quickly
@FriedIcecreamIsAReality exactly because the only way to save nature is to make it economicaly feasable
This is just fantastic journalism 🙏
06:47 totally reminds me of Devi's mum of "Never Have I Ever" xD
In Bangladesh there is a lot of natural resources but we are using all the resources unethically .
Same here in west Bengal.
This might be the crime we must commit.
Everytime vice covers something interesting they're "going back to their roots.". I take it you guys have never heard of the phrase "slow news day".
Vice back!
here in Manitoba, Canada, prime agricultural land is shorn off the top by 'soil suppliers', before real estate companies big-time create ever growing concrete suburbs with shrubs and thee-car parking lots....
This sand mining is revolting...
this doc is so well done!
thank you...from winnipeg, manitoba
Absolutely love Vice - is there a page with a list of ways to support the charities, journalists, petitions linked to the many topics you cover?
You do realize that vice is owned by Disney & Disney is the largest producer of American propaganda in the world
I didn't know this was a thing. Thankfully there's lots of construction in my city. It really makes you think abut where all the sand for concrete came from. It's very sad that desert sand isn't usable. If it was usable, we wouldn't have this problem. I hope many more people see this. Thanks.
I got 4 bud light seltzer commercials in less than 4 min.. literally.. come on man... I can't even finish watching for fear of seeing the same damn commercial again
ty for exposing this
This GREAT channel always delivers the BEST news stories and information from here and around the world!
You guys and gals need a cable tv news show!
Great channel, Great work VICE!👊🏿
They do have a cable TV channel an they do vice news at like 11pm eastern standard time
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Dear VICE. While you're in Bangladesh you might want to look into how they're the drunkest Muslim nation. It's right up your alley.
Is consuming alcohol a crime??
Where do I find that YT video😂
@@btwk1157 Well, actually yes in the sense that in Islam consumption of alcohol is haraam (forbidden)
@@btwk1157 In Muslim countries it's usually a crime yes. Just as being gay, christian, spend time with people outside your family who's the opposite sex, kissing in public, women dancing in public, music, interest on loans and many other things we take for granted in west are a crime in many muslim countries.
@@JonatanRonnlycke none of those things are crimes in most Muslim countries just shithole gulf
no one dares to make Singapore accountable for its sand importation. most of the sand is used for land reclamation of the new port.
17:48 That's a risky b-roll!
Comment to let vice know this is the kind of content I want to see.
I wonder if it's possible to grind up recycled plastics to mimic river sand? as a means to curb a bit the demand and help reduce general plastic waste.
Plastic becomes brittle over time, especially sunbeatin plastic. That would if u used to replace sand in concrete u would have a more porous and potentially dangerous or hazardous structure. The structure wouldn't have the integrity or strength to do wat sand would have helped with
No
Points for thinking outside the box but plastic would melt under huge temperatures and pressures
back in the day Vice was cool and had fresh topics
most people dont know that river sand, one of the the important building materials, is non-renewable.
Just out of curiosity, can we extract river sand and then replace the void with desert sand?
No, the Doctor from Southampton said it's their smoothness that makes river sand different from desert sand.
@@julm7744 well, it's better than not having any sand ?
@@BGRUBBIN i know it's different, just asking if it is viable.
I hear what you mean but I wonder if the desert sand is more easily washed away. When Dubai built all those islands in the sea they used sand dredged from the another country because the desert sand will not clump and stay in position. It would wash away. It could be the same situation.
Solution comes the after the problem occur. Lot's of attention needed here.
This was covered over a year ago by DW documentaries.
I love DW!
Let more ppl tell this story
Wow. Many thanks to the investigative reporters, activists, scientists, and data scientists & researchers reporting on these issues. This is so sad. The SDGs are talked about at the UN but it seems like any mass development is not sustainable.