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Protection and Management
The Wadden Sea is subject to a comprehensive nature
protection scheme on the national and regional level as well as to
extensive protection and management arrangements between the
countries in the framework of the Trilateral Wadden Sea Cooperation.
Also, several European directives play a part (e.g., Natura 2000).
Significant new developments since the QSR 2004 are the decision of
the Danish Parliament to designate the Danish Wadden Sea as a
National park (2008) and the inscription by UNESCO of the Dutch and
German parts of the Wadden Sea as a World Heritage Site (2009).
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Size of Wadden Sea Habitats
(source: QSR 2009)
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Habitats |
Size
(kmē) |
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Tidal
Area*: |
7,200 |
| - intertidal area |
4,600 |
| - subtidal area |
2,600 |
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Salt
Marshes* |
400 |
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Dunes* |
200 |
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Blue mussel beds |
45 |
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Seagrass beds |
69 |
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* as defined in the
Trilateral Wadden Sea Plan (1997)
Size of the Trilateral Conservation Area
and Wadden Sea Area (Trilateral Cooperation Area)
(source: QSR 2009)
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Protection |
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Conservation Area |
Wadden Sea Area |
| Denmark |
1,250 |
1,500 |
| Germany |
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9,050 |
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Schleswig-Holstein National Park |
4,410 |
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Hamburg National Park |
137.5 |
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Niedersachsen National Park |
2,777 |
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| Ems,
Elbe |
34 |
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| The Netherlands |
2,600 |
3,900 |
| NL-FRG Disputed
Area |
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250 |
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Trilateral |
11,208.5 |
14,700 |
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