Wadden Sea Day 2013 - Salt Marshes
Salt marshes are a manifestation of the Wadden Sea World Heritage dynamics and an ecosystem of outstanding importance, created by natural forces. In tidal systems, salt marshes form the upper parts of the intertidal zone, i.e. the interface between land and sea... [more]
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17.06.2013
The decrease of 2/3 relevant breeding bird species in the Wadden Sea was the reason why bird experts and conservation managers of Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands came together at the international Wadden Sea workshop “Breeding Birds in Trouble”. The workshop report is now available. ...
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29.05.2013
Three countries, 20 visitor centers in 16 days – this is a very intensive programme of the South Korean delegation that is currently travelling along the Wadden Sea coastline. ...
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28.05.2013
Karsten Reise delivered a keynote lecture entitled "Turning tides: A natural history of the Wadden Sea" at the 13th International Scientific Wadden Sea Symposium. This publication gives a brief summary of the knowledge Reise has acquired during his scientific career. ...
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Publications
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The decrease of 2/3 relevant breeding bird species in the Wadden Sea was the reason why bird experts and conservation managers of Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands came together at the international Wadden Sea workshop “Breeding Birds in Trouble” in Wilhelmshaven on 18 April 2013. The workshop aimed to identify the most pressing issues, discuss causes and to offer possible strategies.
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Published by Waddenacademie. Karsten Reise delivered a keynote lecture entitled ‘Turning tides: A natural history of the Wadden Sea’ at the 13th International Scientific Wadden Sea Symposium held on 21 November 2012 in Leeuwarden. This publication gives a brief summary of the knowledge Reise has acquired during his scientific career. The preface was written by Jens Enemark, Secretary of the CWSS.
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The Dutch Wadden Academy and the Common Wadden Sea Secretariat have published the brochure ”The Wadden Sea Region. A World Class Cultural Landscape”. The booklet is a summary of an analysis which was made earlier on how significant the cultural landscape of the Wadden Sea Region is compared to similar areas around the world. The conclusion of the analysis is that the landscape and cultural heritage is unparalleled world wide. The analysis is now made available to a broader audience through this attractive and abundantly illustrated booklet.
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Wadden Sea Ecosystem No.30 Trend, Phenology, Distribution and Climate Aspects.
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Report on the Pilot Study 2008 – 2010.
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Quality Status Report. Wim J. Wolff, Jan P. Bakker, Karsten Laursen, Karsten Reise, 2010. The Wadden Sea Quality Status Report - Synthesis Report 2010. Wadden Sea Ecosystem No. 29. Common Wadden Sea Secretariat, Wilhelmshaven, Germany, page 25 - 74.
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Wadden Sea Ecosystem No. 29 - 2010. Karsten Reise, Martin Baptist, Peter Burbridge, Norbert Dankers, Ludwig Fischer, Burghard Flemming, Albert P. Oost, Cor Smit, 2010. Wadden Sea Ecosystem No. 29. Common Wadden Sea Secretariat, Wilhelmshaven, Germany
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Wadden Sea Ecosystem No. 28 CPSL Third Report. The role of spatial planning and sediment in coastal risk management.
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11th Trilateral Governmental Conference on the Protection of the Wadden Sea
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The Trilateral Wadden Sea Plan (WSP) is the common policy and management plan for the protection and sustainable management of the Wadden Sea Area. It is also the common management plan for the Wadden Sea World Heritage Site. A unique and basic feature of the Wadden Sea Plan is that it aims at achieving the full scala of habitats, which belong to a natural and dynamic Wadden Sea.
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Wadden Sea Ecosystem No. 27 - 2009.
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Wadden Sea Ecosystem No. 26 - 2010. Proceedings of the 12th International Scientific Wadden Sea Symposium, 30 March - 3 April 2009 in Wilhelmshaven, Germany.
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Wadden Sea Ecosystem No. 25 - 2009. Marencic, H. & de Vlas, J. (Eds), 2009. Quality Status Report 2009. Wadden Sea Ecosystem 25. Trilateral Monitoring and Assessment Group, Common Wadden Sea Secretariat, Wilhelmshaven, Germany.
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Wadden Sea Ecosystem No. 23 - 2007. Proceedings of the International Workshop on 31 August 2006 in Wilhelmshaven, Germany.
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The brochure explains the project via providing a background, aims, content and outcomes of this endeavour, and also touches on the new working relationship with The Wash area of the UK.
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Project LancewadPlan 2004 - 2007. A draft integrated strategy to preserve, maintain and develop the cultural landscape and heritage in the Wadden Sea Region. Elaborated by the project LancewadPlan (Integrated Landscape and Cultural Heritage Management and Development Plan for the Wadden Sea Region) co-fi nanced by the EU Interreg IIIB North Sea Programme
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On 30 January 2008, the Nomination of the Dutch-German Wadden Sea as World Heritage Site was submitted to the World Heritage Center, UNESCO, Paris for inscription on the World Heritage List.
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Conclusions and Recommendations from the Trilateral Workshop on Pacific Oyster invasion in the Wadden Sea (22 March 2007). Interreg IIIB - HARBASINS Project
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The Trilateral Wadden Sea Cooperation has been subject to an external evaluation by Dr. Mike Moser and Dr. Andy Brown.
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Wadden Sea Ecosystem No. 22 - 2006. Results of the total survey in 2001 and trends in numbers between 1991 - 2001.
