sand mining. The guidelines canvassed for here need to include specific provisions
on approval, specification of restrictions like those relating to allowed depth of
excavation in specific cases such as on farmlands as seen in the case of Kenya
laws above cited, requirement for environmental impact assessment as well as issues
relating to restoration of mined sites. It also needs to include provisions relating to
shifting of dependency on sand and incentives for use of more ecologically better
alternatives. This is in view of the point made that while sand mining has got a
number of advantages: providing an essential raw material for infrastructural development for example road and housing works, providing raw materials for industrial
products such as glass-making, serving as a source of employment for sand miners
among others, the other side needs to be considered. The advantages need to be
contextualized against its negative effects on the environment including agricultural
lands so as to provide a basis for a strategic approach for dealing with it for example
through a more robust regulatory framework to that effect.
References
AllAfrica (February 2nd, 2018) Uganda: Nema, Chinese firm lock horns over sand mining in
L. Victoria. Available at: https://allafrica.com/stories/201802020179.html
Awaaz Foundation, Bombay Natural History Society (2013) Application for inclusion of sand
mining in the Agenda of the Convention of Biodiversity, a new and emerging issue relating to
the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. Available at: https://www.cbd.int/doc/
emerging-issues/emergingissue-2013-10-Awaaz-Foundation-Bombay-NHS-en.docx
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Government of the Republic of Uganda, Ministry of Animal Industry, Agriculture and Fisheries
(2013) National Agriculture Policy, NAP. Available at: http://agriculture.go.ug/wp-content/
uploads/2019/04/National-Agriculture-Policy-1.pdf
Government of the Republic of Uganda, Ministry of Animal Industry, Agriculture and Fisheries,
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African Soil Partnership by Zakayo Muyaka, Assistant Commissioner, Soil & Water Conservation. Available at: http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/GSP/docs/elmina/Uganda_Pri
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Government of the Republic of Uganda, National Environmental Authority, NEMA (2016) Uganda
State of Environment Report 2016. The National Environment Management Authority Library
(NEMAL), Kampala, Uganda
MPR News (March 8th, 2012) MPR News Primer: Frac sand mining. Available at: https://www.
mprnews.org/story/2012/03/08/frac-sand-mining-mpr-news-primer
Naples Daily News (January 13th, 2017) Shrinking Shores: Florida sand shortage leaves beaches in
lurch. Available at: https://eu.naplesnews.com/story/news/special-reports/2016/11/17/shrink
ing-shores-florida-sand-shortage-leaves-beaches-lurch/92052152/
Prabakhar VK (ed) (2000) Environmental pollution and awareness in the 21st century. Anmol
Publications Pvt. Limited, New Delhi
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on approval, specification of restrictions like those relating to allowed depth of
excavation in specific cases such as on farmlands as seen in the case of Kenya
laws above cited, requirement for environmental impact assessment as well as issues
relating to restoration of mined sites. It also needs to include provisions relating to
shifting of dependency on sand and incentives for use of more ecologically better
alternatives. This is in view of the point made that while sand mining has got a
number of advantages: providing an essential raw material for infrastructural development for example road and housing works, providing raw materials for industrial
products such as glass-making, serving as a source of employment for sand miners
among others, the other side needs to be considered. The advantages need to be
contextualized against its negative effects on the environment including agricultural
lands so as to provide a basis for a strategic approach for dealing with it for example
through a more robust regulatory framework to that effect.
References
AllAfrica (February 2nd, 2018) Uganda: Nema, Chinese firm lock horns over sand mining in
L. Victoria. Available at: https://allafrica.com/stories/201802020179.html
Awaaz Foundation, Bombay Natural History Society (2013) Application for inclusion of sand
mining in the Agenda of the Convention of Biodiversity, a new and emerging issue relating to
the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. Available at: https://www.cbd.int/doc/
emerging-issues/emergingissue-2013-10-Awaaz-Foundation-Bombay-NHS-en.docx
Daily Monitor (September 30th, 2016) Sand mining in Lwera: the dark side and bad deals.
Retrieved from http://www.monitor.co.ug/artsculture/Reviews/Sand-mining-in-Lwera%2D%
2DThe-dark-side-and-bad-deals/691232-3399554-gmfb9qz/index.html
Government of the Republic of Uganda, Ministry of Animal Industry, Agriculture and Fisheries
(2013) National Agriculture Policy, NAP. Available at: http://agriculture.go.ug/wp-content/
uploads/2019/04/National-Agriculture-Policy-1.pdf
Government of the Republic of Uganda, Ministry of Animal Industry, Agriculture and Fisheries,
MAAF (2019) Priorities in sustainable soil management in Uganda. A presentation at the
African Soil Partnership by Zakayo Muyaka, Assistant Commissioner, Soil & Water Conservation. Available at: http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/GSP/docs/elmina/Uganda_Pri
orities.pdf
Government of the Republic of Uganda, Ministry of Land, Housing and Urban Development (2013)
The Uganda Land Policy. Available at: http://extwprlegs1.fao.org/docs/pdf/uga163420.pdf
Government of the Republic of Uganda, National Environmental Authority, NEMA (2016) Uganda
State of Environment Report 2016. The National Environment Management Authority Library
(NEMAL), Kampala, Uganda
MPR News (March 8th, 2012) MPR News Primer: Frac sand mining. Available at: https://www.
mprnews.org/story/2012/03/08/frac-sand-mining-mpr-news-primer
Naples Daily News (January 13th, 2017) Shrinking Shores: Florida sand shortage leaves beaches in
lurch. Available at: https://eu.naplesnews.com/story/news/special-reports/2016/11/17/shrink
ing-shores-florida-sand-shortage-leaves-beaches-lurch/92052152/
Prabakhar VK (ed) (2000) Environmental pollution and awareness in the 21st century. Anmol
Publications Pvt. Limited, New Delhi
Rajan G, Rao ASR (2007) Basic and applied soil mechanics, 2nd edn. New Age International
Publishers
118
T. Sanni