Natural Resources
on Really Out There Experience (Indonesia), 17/Jan/2010 10:50, 34 days ago
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Rote has some of the most beautiful and peaceful beaches I have ever been on but they are under treat from sand extraction. My travels over the holiday period lead me to realise how much this is happening. I had been aware of a sign in Nembrala saying that sand extraction was prohibited and had seen occasional evidence of extraction before but as I toured around it was a frequesnt occurrence. On one beach I discovered the level had been reduced by almost 2 meters and piles of sand were waiting collection. The hills are also being eroded for their stone and there are several quarries around the island. The stone is then delivered to individual homes where people sit and with a hammer reduce large slabs to small stones.
