Children

This report describes and reports on IUCN's participation in the 22nd World Scouts Jamboree, which took place in Rinkady, Sweden, 25 July-8 August 2011. An invitation to participate was extended to the Young Professionals Leadership Team of the CEC to identify people who could join the IUCN team to the Jamboree. A planning team was created consisting of Rod Abson, Ivana Savic (CEC Member) and Andres Morales (CEC Member).

The goal of this toolkit is to help promote environmental stewardship and increase awareness of marine and coastal ecosystems among schoolchildren in Asia through the use of creative, investigative approaches. Investigative approaches allow schools to make the local environment relevant and interesting to children in coastal communities and help to reinforce the need for wise and sustainable management of our coastal and marine resources.

Water is both the most ordinary and extraordinary of resources; without it, nothing can survive. Yet, 1,1 billion people around the world do not have ready access to clean water and more than 2,6 billion people lack basic sanitation. If there is magic on this planet, it is contained in water, which is about nothing less than our planet's future.