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Latest News
2015 Archives
Participating Countries
Our Publications
The Sandwatcher Magazines
The Sandwatch Manual(s)
Most Significant Change Stories
Sandwatch Brochure
Sandwatch Workshops
Sandwatch Competitions
International Conferences
>
Lincoln Symposium
Rio+20 Conference
UNESCO Experts Meeting
The Bonn Conference
Paris, UNESCO HQ 2009
Beach Records
Beach Records (English)
Dossiers Plage (Français)
Countries with Beach Records
Tools
Sandwatch Turtle Toolkit
Sandwatch Training Videos
CCESD Course Materials
Beach and Group Records Form
Part 1 About Your Beach
Part 2 Monitoring
Part 3 Action
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Complete Part 1 only once, after the first visit to the beach,
unless any information has changed.
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Indicates required field
Country:
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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.
Location of Beach - complete ONE of the following 3 fields:
1. Insert the latitude and longitude, OR
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2. Find your beach on Google Maps, and identify a nearby landmark on Google Maps, and describe how to walk from the landmark to your beach. OR
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3. Insert an image taken from Google Maps
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JPG, PNG or GIF, 2-3 MB adequate
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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Name of beach:
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Name of Sandwatch group:
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Date of monitoring:
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What were your main observations of the beach on arrival?
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Are there any changes since your last visit?
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Complete the items measured at this visit:
- 1-5 by observation point
Characteristic
Point A
Point B
Point C
1.0 Beach width (m)
1.0 A
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1.0 B
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1.0 C
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2.0 Wave height (m)
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2.1 Wave period (interval)
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2.2 Wave direction
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3.0 Direction of longshore current
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3.1 Speed of longshore current (m/sec)
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Sand size (mm)
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4.1 Sand
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sub-angular
sub-rounded
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Not observed
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sub-rounded
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Not observed
very angular
sub-angular
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4.2 Sand
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5.0 Number of pieces of litter collected within 2m either side of the beach width transect line
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5.1 Weight of litter collected within 2m either side of the beach width transect line (kg)
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- 6-10 for whole beach
6.0 Number of people using the beach
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Not observed
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More than 100
6.1 Activities being carried out
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Relaxation
Exercise
Sport
Fishing
Tourism related activities
7.0 Presence of Sargassum seaweed or other types of seaweed
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Not observed
No seaweed present
Covers 0-50% of beach area
Covers more than 50% of beach area
8.0 Presence of vegetation behind the beach
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None
Grasses and vines
Shrubs
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9.0 Presence of animals on the beach and in the sea, in the air
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Animals on the beach
Animals in the sea
Birds
10 Water quality characteristics
10.0 Observations e.g. smell, colour of water
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10.1 Temperature (°C)
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10.2 Salinity (ppt)
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10.3 Turbidity (JTU)
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10.4 Fecal coliform
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10.5 Nitrate (ppm)
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10.6 Phosphate (ppm)
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What are the issues at the beach?
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What could be done to improve it?
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Include up to 3 photos of the beach (with caption and date taken):
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Name of beach:
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Title of our project/action:
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Objectives:
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Why did you select this project?
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What did we achieve and what did we learn?
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