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Environment and development
in coastal regions and in small islands

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Coastal region and small island papers 19

By Gillian Cambers and Fathimath Ghina	Introduction to *SANDWATCH* An educational tool for sustainable development
		Foreword
		List of contents
	1	Introduction
	2	Getting started
	3	Observation and recording
	4	Erosion and accretion
	5	Beach composition
	6	Human activities on the beach
	7	Beach debris
	8	Water quality
	9	Wave characteristics
	10	Currents
	11	Plants and animals
	12	Sandwatch as a tool for education for sustainable development
Other CSI titles

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UNESCO, 2005. Introduction to Sandwatch:An educational tool for sustainable development.
Coastal region and small island papers 19, UNESCO, Paris, 91 pp.

The digital version of this publication can be viewed at: www.unesco.org/csi/pub/papers3/sande.htm
Within the limits of stocks available, extra copies of this document can be obtained, free of charge, from:

UNESCO Apia Office,
Senior Programme Specialist,
PO Box 615,
Apia, Samoa.
fax: +685 26593/22253
e-mail: apia@unesco.org UNESCO Dar-Es-Salaam Office,
Oyster Bay, Uganda Avenue Plot No 197 A,
Dar es Salaam,
Tanzania.
fax: +255 22 26 66 927
e-mail: dar-es-salaam@unesco.org

UNESCO Kingston Office,
The Towers,
PO Box 8203,
Kingston 5, Jamaica.
fax: +1 876 9298468
e-mail: kingston@unesco.org

The ‘Coastal region and small island papers’ series was launched by the Organization in 1997. Information on CSI activities, as well as extra copies of this document, can be obtained at the following address:

Coastal Regions and Small Islands (CSI) platform
UNESCO, 1 rue Miollis
75732 Paris Cedex 15, France
fax: +33 1 45 68 58 08
e-mail: csi@unesco.org
website: www.unesco.org/csi

Report written by: Gillian Cambers and Fathimath Ghina
Photos courtesy of: Gillian Cambers, CORALINA and Hans Thulstrup
Cover design and layout: Micheline Turner
Web version: Claire Blackburn

Published in 2005 by the
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
7, place de Fontenoy, 75352 Paris 07 SP, France

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UNESCO Apia Office, Senior Programme Specialist, PO Box 615, Apia, Samoa. fax: +685 26593/22253 e-mail: apia@unesco.org		UNESCO Dar-Es-Salaam Office, Oyster Bay, Uganda Avenue Plot No 197 A, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. fax: +255 22 26 66 927 e-mail: dar-es-salaam@unesco.org
UNESCO Kingston Office, The Towers, PO Box 8203, Kingston 5, Jamaica. fax: +1 876 9298468 e-mail: kingston@unesco.org