Vad händer om sanden skulle ta slut?
Sanden är grunden till vår moderna civilisation. Det är materialet som vi sällan tänker på, men som är helt avgörande för urbaniseringen. Men sanden är ingen oändlig resurs, på sina platser har den redan börjat ta slut. Utvinningen leder till förödande miljöförstörelse och sociala konflikter. Sandmaffior som med våld och korruption underminerar rättssäkerheten breder ut sig i flera länder. Vad händer om sanden skulle ta slut? Programledare och producent: Erik Petersson och Jennifer Sjöblom Källförteckning Medverkande Vince Beiser - journalist och författare och har skrivit boken The World in a Grain Per J Andersson - journalist och författare till boken Sand - jakten på råvaran som formar vår värld Jean-Baptiste Jouffray - forskare på Stockholm resilience center och Stanfords universitet Pascal Peduzzi - föreståndare på GRID Geneve Ilangovan Rajasekaran - journalist på The Hindu Andra vi har varit i kontakt med Mattias Göransson - statsgeolog på SGU Luís Fernando Ramadon - fd federal polis i Rio de Janiero, expert på illegal sandutvinnign Böcker och tryckta källor Sand - jakten på råvaran som formar vår värld, av Per J Andersson The World in a Grain, av Vince Beiser Klipp TV band Rio: Ecko, Zinho, Faustão: entenda como funciona a milícia carioca https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AeZGUBENoQ Brasil Urgente: Zinho preso: Saiba quem é o chefe da maior milícia do RJ I Brasil Urgente https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKKSTpJwCm4&t=3s NDTV: Gangsters Set Fire To 35 Buses In Brazil After Crime Boss Killed By Police https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/watch-gangsters-set-fire-to-35-buses-in-brazil-after-crime-boss-killed-by-police-4514424 UGreen: O Negócio Bilionário da MÁFIA DA AREIA no Brasil e como Rios, Dunas e Cidades Pagam a Conta https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZX833CAMJY TV Brasil: RJ | Milícias que atuam na extração ilegal de areia são alvo de operação Sjungande sand: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40Qs-0AI9MA&t=16s & https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40Qs-0AI9MA&t=16s Källor i urval Dokumentären Sand Wars Dokumentären Lost World NRP: Planet Money: Peak Sand https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2018/07/13/628894815/episode-853-peak-sand Reuters: Devoured: How China’s largest freshwater lake was decimated by sand mining https://www.reuters.com/graphics/GLOBAL-ENVIRONMENT/SAND-POYANG/qzjpqxxabvx/ Studie: Rethinking sand as earth material for a sustainable construction in Egypt https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/built-environment/articles/10.3389/fbuil.2025.1566515/full Studie: Quantifying the informal sand market and its consequences: The case of Brazil https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2211464524000708 Nesta: Against the grain: building a future safe from sand crime https://www.nesta.org.uk/feature/future-signals-2026/sand-crime/ Beneath the sands: ‘We can’t run away’ https://www.beneaththesands.earth/we-cant-run-away GlobalGeneva: Sand: The Hidden Crisis - And New Gold - At Our Feet https://www.global-geneva.com/development/science/sand-the-hidden-crisis-at-our-feet The Times of India: Sand Mafia’s Chilling Death Threat Jolts Ghat Owners, Who’s sleeping? https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/sand-mafias-chilling-death-threat-jolts-ghat-owners-whos-sleeping/articleshow/130564031.cms# Forbidden Stories: Sand mafias silence journalists in India https://forbiddenstories.org/sand-mafias-silence-journalists-in-india/#:~:text=Burnt%20alive,over%2050%25%20of%20his%20body. 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Svt: Bristen på laglig sand har skapat en sandmaffia https://www.svt.se/nyheter/utrikes/bristen-pa-laglig-sand-har-skapat-en-sandmaffia Scientific American: Inside the crime rings trafficking sand https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/sand-mafias-are-plundering-the-earth/ Le monde: India's 'sand mafias have power, money and weapons' https://www.lemonde.fr/en/environment/article/2022/09/12/in-india-sand-mafias-have-power-money-and-weapons_5996639_114.html In sight Crime: The Mafias Behind Sand Trafficking in Latin America https://insightcrime.org/news/the-mafias-behind-sand-trafficking-in-latin-america/ Stockholm Resilience Center: Finding sand solutions for desirable futures https://www.stockholmresilience.org/research/research-stories/2026-02-19-finding-sand-solutions-for-desirable-futures.html BBC: How the scramble for sand is destroying the Mekong https://www.bbc.com/news/business-50629100 UNEP: Rapporten Sand And Sustainability https://wedocs.unep.org/items/b037d0d7-b899-4969-9b9a-b5c36dd32abe Sveriges Geologiska undersökning: Grus, sand och krossberg 2024: https://resource.sgu.se/dokument/publikation/pp/pp202503rapport/pp2025-3-rapport.pdf Rapport: Reportrar utan gränser: https://rsf.org/en/almost-half-28-journalists-killed-india-modi-became-pm-were-covering-environment-related-stories