/channels/news_feeds/all/term/sand/rss en /channels/channels/news/greenlands-indigenous-population-favours-extracting-and-exporting-sand-melting-ice-sheet-340773 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>A national survey of close to 1000 adults in Greenland (where approximately 90% of the population is Indigenous) conducted by a 9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·Ñ-led research team has found that a surprisingly large majority – 3 out of 4 Greenlanders – support extracting and exporting sand left by the melting ice sheet. A significant proportion want Greenland’s leadership to assess the impact of sand extraction and exports on both the environment and economy. Furthermore, when it comes to who mines the sand, the majority prefer local involvement to foreign collaboration.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/icesheet-web.jpg?itok=ha0EOcTM" width="160" height="207" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">18 </span><span class="month">August </span><span class="year">2022</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 18 Aug 2022 15:27:15 +0000 webfull 181495 at /channels