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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.
The nomination was signed by Ms Gerda Verburg, Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality, The
Netherlands and Mr Sigmar Gabriel, Federal Minister for the Environment,
Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety for the Governments of the
Kingdom of The Netherlands and the Federal Republic of Germany together
with the Prime Ministers of Niedersachsen and Schleswig-Holstein, Mr
Christian Wulff and Mr Peter Harry Carstensen.
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| Gerda
Verburg |
Sigmar Gabriel |
Christian Wulff |
Peter Harry Carstensen |
The
nomination dossier encompasses two volumes including maps. Volume one is
the actual nomination of the Wadden Sea according to the format
stipulated by the World Heritage Center. Three maps format A3 are
attached to the nomination. They provide an overview of the nominated
property "The Wadden Sea", the coordinates of the nominated property and
the overview of the detailed maps. Volume two encompasses the annexes
for the nomination such as expert statements, laws and regulations,
Ministerial Declarations, bibliography etc.
The
dossier will be evaluated by the advisory body to the World Heritage
Committee, the World Conservation Union (IUCN), after registration and
assessment of completeness by the World Heritage Center. The decision on
the inscription of the Wadden Sea on the World Heritage List is
anticipated to be taken by the World Heritage Committee at its annual
meeting in June/July 2009.
The
nomination was decided at
the Trilateral Wadden
Sea Conference on the island of Schiermonnikoog in November 2005 (Schiermonnikoog Declaration
§8).The nomination dossier was subject to public consultation in June -
November 2007.
More
information can be obtained from
Jens Enemark, Secretary General,
phone +49 (0)4421 9108 12
Press release Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality
(30.01.2008)
Press release German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature
Conservation and Nuclear Safety (30.01.2008)
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