Sand Mining in Laos (IMAGE)

Michigan State University

Sand Mining in Laos

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Sand is being extracted from the bottom of the Nam Khan River, a tributary of the Mekong near Luang Prabang, Laos. The area has many new resorts and an elephant sanctuary, development that demands sand for construction.

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Aurora Torres, German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv)

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