In tanti parliamo, scriviamo e ci agitiamo contro il Land grabbing (l’accaparramento delle terre). Basta cambiare una lettera, da Land a Sand (da Terra a Sabbia) e come per magia spariscono molti degli osservatori.
Qui in Asia sembra un’attività molto in voga: vi propongo un giretto giusto per fornire qualche traccia a chi fosse interessato.
Bangladesh: People's movement against sand-grabbing http://www.ethicsinaction.asia/archive/2011-ethics-in-action/vol.-5-no.-3-june-2011/bangladesh-peoples-movement-against-sand-grabbing
Cambodia: How sand became one of Phnom Penh’s hottest commodities
India: Why India Has a ‘Sand Mafia’ http://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2013/08/06/why-india-has-a-sand-mafia/
Grain drain, Laos’ sand mining damaging the Mekong http://www.todayonline.com/world/asia/grain-drain-laos-sand-mining-damaging-mekong
Malaysia: Selangor lists illegal sand mining sites, vows action http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/selangor-lists-illegal-sand-mining-sites-vows-action
Pakistan: Ceaseless sand mining of the Narmada puts the river at risk https://www.newslaundry.com/2017/01/20/ceaseless-sand-mining-of-the-narmada-puts-the-river-at-risk
Philippines: Black sand mining next on environment crackdown
Singapore accused of launching 'Sand Wars': http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/singapore/7221987/Singapore-accused-of-launching-Sand-Wars.html
Vietnam: Illegal sand mining on Vietnam government agenda http://tuoitrenews.vn/society/31281/illegal-sand-mining-on-vietnam-government-agenda
This too merits to be read: The dead global war for sand https://www.wired.com/2015/03/illegal-sand-mining/
And this too: The mining of sand, a non-renewable resource http://www.greenfacts.org/en/sand-extraction/l-2/index.htm
A proposito, la canzone, per chi non lo ricordasse, è di Neil Young. A me piace questa vecchia versione: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zphUt_tp898 (cosa non darei per saperla suonare alla chitarra…)
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