PROWAD workshops on sustainable tourism
03.02.2012 The PROWAD project organizes regional workshops to involve local stakeholders in the development of a Wadden Sea wide strategy for sustainable tourism. The workshops will take place in Leeuwarden (13.2.), Wilhelmshaven (21.3.) and Husum (22.3.) >> More
Wadden Sea Newsletter
21.12.2011 The last Wadden Sea Newsletter in 2011 with news about the World Heritage, the International Wadden Sea School (IWSS) and a report from a conference about remote access to World Heritage Sites. >> More
New Interreg IVB Project PROWAD approved
14.12.2011 The trilateral PROWAD project was approved by the Interreg IVB North Sea Programme. PROWAD stands for "Protect and Prosper - Sustainable Tourism in the Wadden Sea" The project aims to support sustainable development in the Wadden Sea region. >> More
Wadden Sea Newsletter
23.11.2011 In the Wadden Sea Newsletter, you can find information about World Heritage activities, the recent joint "Story Hunter" campaign  and the work on the sustainable tourism strategy. It also contains topical issues, reports from workshops, publications and an overview of trilateral meetings. >> More
Harbour seals with solid increase in numbers in 2011
07.11.2011 The trilateral harbour seal 2011 counts have been assessed by the Trilateral Seal Expert Group (TSEG). Harbour seals in the Wadden Sea showed solid increases in total and in pup numbers.  In 2011 a maximum of 24,118 habour seals were counted, 2,543 more than in 2010. >> More
Grey seals: Continued growth through birth and immigration in 2011
07.11.2011 The Trilateral Seal Expert Group (TSEG) assessed the maximum number of Wadden Sea grey seals in 2010-2011. The population continued to grow through birth and immigration. The amount of 2,654 counted animals in 2009-2010 increased to 3,312 individuals in 2010-2011. >> More
Neobiota in the Wadden Sea
20.10.2011 The ‘Programma Rijke Waddenzee’ and the Common Wadden Sea Secretariat (CWSS) commissioned an inventory study into policy and research concerning neobiota in the international Wadden Sea. The aim was to collect state of the art information on the following five topics related to introductions of alien species in the international Wadden Sea:  >>More
Wadden Sea Day 2011: "Fish in the Wadden Sea - Exploring an Unknown World"
29.08.2011 This year's Wadden Sea Day was held on 25 August 2011 in Wilhelmshaven. Over 80 participants from the three Wadden Sea countries attended the scientific conference. It revealed further areas that require intensified scientific cooperation between the Wadden Sea countries and introduced new tasks for the cooperation.  >>More
Migratory Waterbirds in the Wadden Sea 1987-2008
06.07.2011 The report presents accounts of 34 migratory waterbird species and provides on 165 pages the most recent information on the species phenology, geographical distribution and numbers. These aspects are analysed with regard to climate, physical and ecological changes.  >>More
Annual Trend update of Breeding Birds in the Wadden Sea 1991 - 2008
06.07.2011 The Joint Monitoring of Breeding Birds (JMBB) Group presents the 18 year trend on 26 breeding bird species based on trilateral count data until 2008. Trends are shown for the international Wadden Sea, The Netherlands, Niedersachsen, Schleswig-Holstein, and Denmark.  >>More
Hamburg Wadden Sea is part of World Heritage
27.06.2011 Two years of the inscription of the Dutch-German Wadden Sea on the World Heritage List, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee decided to include the Hamburg Wadden Sea National Park into the Dutch-German Wadden Sea World Heritage property at its annual meeting in Paris. >> More
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Publications
The Wadden Sea 2010 Quality Status Report 2009  Exploring Contrasting Trends of Migratory Waterbirds in the Wadden Sea (2010) Nomination of the Dutch German Wadden Sea as World Heritage Site (2008)  The Wadden - cultural and historic landscapes (2005)
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