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Contact Us
Terms of Use
Latest News
2015 Archives
Participating Countries
Our Publications
The Sandwatcher Magazines
Sandwatch Brochure
Sandwatch Turtle Toolkit
Sandwatch Workshops
Sandwatch Competitions
International Conferences
>
Lincoln Symposium
Rio+20 Conference
UNESCO Experts Meeting
The Bonn Conference
Paris, UNESCO HQ 2009
Beach Records
Countries with Beach Records
Tools
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Most Significant Change Stories
The Sandwatch Manual(s)
Sandwatch Training Videos
CCESD Course Materials
Beach Profile Monitoring Programme
Beach Records Form v2
Beach and Group Records Form
Part 1 About Your Beach
Part 2 Monitoring
Part 3 Action
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Indicates required field
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Name of beach:
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Name of Sandwatch group:
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Name of school/organization:
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Address:
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Name of contact person:
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Email address of contact:
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Email address will be kept private and not shared.
Date form completed:
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So we can show your beach in Google Maps on the form page we need to be able to locate it. What is a landmark near the beach that can be found on Google Maps? Where is the beach located relative to this landmark - for example, what route would you follow to walk from the landmark to the beach? Include the longitude and latitude if you know it. You can also include an image taken from Google Maps with the beach marked on it.
Location information for beach:
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Google Maps image:
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Sketch map of beach:
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Length of beach monitored by Sandwatch group (metres):
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Is this the entire length of the beach?
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What is behind the beach:
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Wetland/mangroves/swamps
Low land with trees/shrubs/plants
Sand dunes
Cliffs
Buildings/roads
Walls/seawall
Car park
Picnic area
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Tick one or more of the boxes.
If other, describe:
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Presence of a river or stream:
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Include up to 3 photos of the beach (with caption and date taken):
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What are your first impressions of the beach on arrival?
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What are some of the issues that you have identified?
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What are some activities or things we can do to improve the beach?
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Characteristic
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1.0 Beach width (m)
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2.0 Wave height (m)
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3.1 Speed of longshore current m/sec
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4.2 Sand shape
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4.3 Sand colour
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5.0 Number of people using the beach
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5.1 Activities being carried out
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6.0 Less than 5 pieces of litter present
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6.1 A lot of litter present (more than 20 pieces)
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7.0 Presence/absence of Sargassum seaweed (a lot/some/none)
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8.0 Birds and marine animals observed
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Title of our project/action:
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Description of the project/action:
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What did we achieve and what did we learn?
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