Sand harvesting

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Sand harvesting, sand mining

***** Location: Kenya
***** Season: Long Rains
***** Category: Humanity

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Explanation


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Kenya has no policy on sand harvesting

National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) says despite devastating effects of climate change the country has no guidelines to check sand harvesting especially in arid and semi-arid areas where the practice has compounded the problem of drought.
source : www.ecoearth.info


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NATIONAL SAND HARVESTING GUIDELINES 2007

“Sand” means sedimentary material finer than gravel and coarser than silt with grains between 0.06mm and 2mm in diameter and includes stones, coral, earth and turf but does not include silica sand.

“Sand harvesting”, means the removal, extraction, harvesting or scooping of sand from designated sites.

“Sand dealer” means any person(s) approved to harvest, remove, extract, scoop, transport or sell sand as provided

source : www.nema.go.ke


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Things found on the way



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HAIKU

Sand harvesting comes with the long rain.
The long sand lorries come from Ukambani, when both the seasonal and permanent rivers flood.



meandering stream —
a sweating sand harvester
shovels again and again

Photo and Haiku : Patrick Wafula


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Related words

***** Sand (suna)


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