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Trilateral
Wadden Sea Plan |
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At the Eighth
Trilateral Governmental Conference in Stade in October 1997,
a Trilateral Wadden Sea Plan was adopted. The plan was elaborated
in accordance with the Leeuwarden
Declaration entailing the common policies, measures, projects
and actions of the countries for their joint efforts to fulfill
the ecological targets. The Wadden Sea Plan was published
in 1998 and is available in English, Dutch, German
and Danish. |
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The
Main Elements of Trilateral Policy and Management |
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At the Sixth
Trilateral Governmental Conference in Esbjerg in 1991, the
trilateral policy was embedded in a common structure consisting
of a Guiding Principle, a number of Management Principles
and a set of Common Objectives for human use. |
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Seal
Management |
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In the framework of the Trilateral
Wadden Sea Cooperation, the conservation and management of the
Wadden Sea harbour seal population is of high importance. For
your information, all trilateral activities, existing instruments
and agreements regarding seals in the Wadden Sea are given in
a short overview: Trilateral Conservation
and Management of the Wadden Sea Seal Population
Currently
in operation is the third Seal Management
Plan, which is valid for the
period 2007-2010.
The first "Conservation and Management Plan for the Wadden Sea
Seal Population 1996 - 2000", was adopted in March 1996 and
prolonged until 2001. At the Esbjerg
II Conference (October 31, 2001) the second
Seal Management Plan was
adopted for the period 2002-2006.
The number of counted seals
in the Wadden Sea is published every year. Information about the Seal Epidemic
2002 has been compiled by the CWSS here.
The Proceedings of the Texel Symposium
"Management of North Sea Harbour and Grey Seal Populations",
29 - 30 November 2002 were published as "Wadden Sea Ecosystem No.
17" in 2003.
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NATURA 2000 in the
Wadden Sea |
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Information about NATURA 2000 areas in
the Wadden Sea (maps, habitats, species) |
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World Heritage Nomination |
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At the Schiermonnikoog Governmental Conference 2005, it
was agreed to start with the actual nomination
a major part of the Wadden Sea as World
Heritage Site (Schiermonnikoog Declaration §8). After the preceding consultations, Germany and The
Netherlands have now started with the preparation of the nomination
dossier. The work is carried out by the World Heritage Nomination
Project Group (WHNPG).
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Coastal Protection
and Sea Level Rise |
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The second phase of the Trilateral Working
Group on Coastal Protection and Sea Level Rise (CPSL-II) ended in
summer 2005. The work focuses on elaborating integrated coastal
defense solutions.
The final report of the first phase
- within the framework of the Wadden Sea Plan (Project WSP § 3.2.1) -
was published in October 2001.
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High
Tide Roosts in the Wadden Sea |
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A Report of the Wadden Sea Plan Project
No. 34
(Wadden Sea Plan § 9.2.1)
A Review of Bird Distribution, Protection Regimes and Potential
Sources of Anthropogenic Disturbance
(November 2003) |
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Shellfish
Fisheries |
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An overview of policies for shellfish
fishing in the Wadden Sea (October 2002). |
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Eutrophication
Criteria |
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A literature study and data analysis
aiming at developing Wadden Sea Specific Eutrophication Criteria
(Wadden Sea Ecosystem No. 14, 2001).
The study was necessary to specify the trilateral Target "to
achieve a Wadden Sea which can be regarded as a eutrophication
Non-Problem Area". (Leeuwarden
Declaration 1994, Wadden Sea Plan,
Stade Declaration 1997) |
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