Watch FIFA World Cup 2026™ LIVE, FREE and EXCLUSIVE

Responding to the re-legalization of export and dredging of Indonesian sea sand

Excavator working on the beach with ocean

Green excavator digging on the beach with ocean Credit: imamember/Getty Images

One of the export commodities from Indonesia is sea sand. But these export activities adversely affect the community and environment around the mining site.


Sea sand is needed especially for reclamation projects, for example in Singapore and Malaysia.

In a number of regions, especially the east coast of Sumatra, plural sea sand exports are carried out.

Especially after the government reopened the permit to export sea sand, which had been closed for about 20 years.

Unfortunately, this sand mining has a devastating impact on fishermen when fishing fishing areas, which have large amounts of sand become mining sites, resulting in a decrease in the number of fish catches.

The Secretary General of the Indonesian Fishermen's Union, Budhi Laksana discussed this in the following discussion.

Listen to SBS Indonesian every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday at 3pm.

Follow us on Facebook and don't miss our podcast.


Share

Follow SBS Indonesian

Download our apps

Listen to our podcasts

Get the latest with our exclusive in-language podcasts on your favourite podcast apps.

Watch on SBS

SBS Indonesian News

Watch it onDemand

Watch now