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DESCRIPTION:Professor Mette Bendixen\n\nDepartment of Geography\, McGill \n
 \nFriday\, December 6 \n\n12:00 pm \n\nFDA 232\n\n \n\nDrivers\, challenge
 s\, and opportunities around construction-sand mining in Sub-Saharan Afric
 a\n\nAbstract:\n\nConstruction sand is the most used solid material on Ear
 th and is central to developing societies and economies. In recent years\,
  the increasing focus on global sand scarcity has highlighted the challeng
 es it poses and the environmental consequences of its extraction. However\
 , comprehensive research describing the complexity of sand mining in lower
 -income nations is lacking. Currently\, there is limited research on under
 standing the consequences and benefits of sand mining and how these activi
 ties directly and indirectly support local communities in a Sub-Saharan co
 ntext. In this talk\, I argue that more work is needed to better understan
 d the paradoxes and nuances of how sand extraction alters the environment\
 , while recognizing that the extraction itself is shaped by socio-economic
 \, political\, and financial relations. These dynamics are rapidly evolvin
 g across large parts of Sub-Saharan Africa.\n
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SUMMARY:EPS Seminar Series: Professor Mette Bendixen
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