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UNEP
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Detailed explanation-1: -The report was prepared by a team of 22 authors led by Pascal Peduzzi, director of the United Nations Environment Programme/GRID-Geneva, in response to the UN Environment Assembly resolutions UNEP/EA.
Detailed explanation-2: -A large portion of the business is illegal, despite repeated claims by police and Mines and Geology Department officials that they have cracked down on such operations. A senior officer at the Mines and Geology Department admits that, ban or not, illegal sand mining takes place daily in rivers across the state.
Detailed explanation-3: -The un-regulated sand mining has resulted in the erosion of the river banks resulting in increased flooding and causing a severe threat to biodiversity. Additionally, the state is failing to generate substantial revenue that is spilling through illegal sand mining.
Detailed explanation-4: -Sand mining is a direct cause of erosion, and impacts the local wildlife. Various animals depend on sandy beaches for nesting clutches, and mining has led to the near extinction of gharials (a species of crocodile) in India.