Mitchell Harley
Australia
Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Cabo Verde, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Cook Islands, Denmark, Dominica, Fiji, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Malaysia, Maldives, Mexico, Mozambique, Netherlands, New Zealand, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Senegal, Serbia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Sweden, Thailand, Tunisia, United States of America (USA), Vanuatu, Viet Nam.
CoastSnap is a low-cost community beach monitoring technology that transforms smartphones into powerful coastal monitoring devices. Individuals worldwide contribute to this initiative by capturing and uploading beach photos, creating a vast, continually updated database. Using innovative photo-point cradles and advanced image processing, smartphones become precise tools for monitoring beach dynamics. This allows communities to develop accurate records of beach erosion and recovery under varying ocean conditions, comparable in accuracy to professional GPS surveys. This Decade Action aims to further leverage this wealth of data to help coastal communities understand and manage shoreline changes over time including impacts from rising sea levels and extreme events. By involving the community in data collection, CoastSnap provides valuable coastal monitoring insights, fosters public education on dynamic coastlines, and supports collaborative management and informed decision-making.
CMCC Foundation – Euro-Mediterranean Centre on Climate Change Foundation
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC)
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mëxico (UNAM)
Centro de Investigación Mariña de la Universidad de Vigo, Spain (CIM-UVigo)
UGM Sekolah Vocasi (Universitas Gadjah Mada,Indonesia)