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Sandwatch provides a framework for children, youth and adults with the help of teachers and local communities to work together to critically evaluate the problems and conflicts facing their beach environments.

Integrating the use of biodiversity and ecosystem services to help people adapt to the adverse impacts of climate change.Having a healthy environment around us also secures our supply of freshwater, food and other natural resources. These are called'ecosystem services'and are the added benefits that do not come when 'hard' engineered adaptation solutions, such as seawalls, are built.

Pacific Island countries are highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change and variability. Conservation of mangroves and associated coastal ecosystems has been identified as a key natural adaptation strategy and mitigation measure to the effects of climate change.

World Wetlands Day this year celebrates terrestrial and wetland forests and their role in our lives. The theme, Forests for Water and Wetlands highlights the intricate links between forests and wetlands such as mangroves and freshwater swamps. Forested wetlands play a vital role in maintaining our freshwater resources and our wetlands. Forests store carbon and thus help combat global climate change regardless of where they are located. Wetlands are full of life and rich in biodiversity – they house fish, birds, insects and a variety of plants and are often landing sites for migratory birds.