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The Wadden Sea 2010 - QSR Synthesis Report |
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16.02.2011
The QSR Synthesis Report 2010 is preceded by a summary report of the
universally outstanding and most significant natural values. The
synthesis report summarizes the findings of the QSR 2009 and gives
recommendations on the "main issues" and how to maintain
the great
natural heritage. >>
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Hamburg
application for World Heritage
submitted to UNESCO |
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28.01.2011
On January 28, 2011 the
application for the inclusion of the Hamburg Wadden Sea National Park
into the Dutch-German Wadden Sea World Heritage property was submitted
to the World Heritage Center in Paris by the German ambassador to
the UNESCO.
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Hamburg signed World Heritage Nomination |
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20.12.2010
The lord mayor of Hamburg Mr. Christoph Ahlhaus (photo) signed the
request to incorporate the Hamburg Wadden Sea National Park into the
Wadden Sea World Heritage property. The request will also be signed
by Federal Environment Minister, Dr. Norbert Röttgen and be
submitted to the UNESCO World Heritage Center in Paris in January
2011. >>
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1st Transnational Call for Proposals on Wadden Sea Research signed
in Leeuwarden |
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10.12.2010
During the scientific symposium in Leeuwarden (see below), the
Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) and the
German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) have signed the
first transnational call for Wadden Sea Research with a volume of 2
Million Euro. Deadline for applications is 28 February 2011. >>
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20th Anniversary Seal Agreement |
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15.10.2010 On
16th October 1990, Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands signed the
first regional Agreement under the Bonn Convention. Since then, the
seal population has increased considerably - a true success
story of the Trilateral Cooperation.
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Towards a Trilateral Research Agenda - Scientific Symposium,
Leeuwarden, 8 - 10 December 2010 |
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31.08.2010
In cooperation with the CWSS, AWI, GKSS and
the University of Copenhagen, the Wadden Academy organises a scientific symposium on the
Wadden Sea Region to explore of possibilities to set up trilateral
research programmes which follow an integrated system approach.>>
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5th
Wadden Sea Day "Neobiota in the Wadden Sea - Challenges
for Nature Conservation" |
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27.08.2010
Over
110 experts discussed status and recent research and management projects, possible threat to the World Heritage
and how to deal with it trilaterally.
The 5th Wadden Sea Day was jointly organized by the National Park
Administration Lower Saxon Wadden Sea
and the Common Wadden Sea Secretariat.
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First Time:
Trends of Breeding Birds in the Wadden Sea |
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11.05.2010
For the first time the Joint Monitoring of
Breeding
Birds (JMBB) Group is presenting the annual trend analyses of
breeding birds based on trilateral count data up to 2006.
Although 8 species are showing an increasing trend, 10 species are
having an opposite trend.
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New Trends of Migratory Waterbirds in the Wadden Sea |
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15.04.2010
The Joint Monitoring of Migratory
Birds (JMMB) Group has updated the annual trend analyses of
migratory birds based on trilateral count data from 1987/88 until
2007/2008. For each of the 34 waterbirds, 10 and 21-year trends have
been calculated for the entire Wadden Sea and four subregions.
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Exploring Contrasting Trends of Migratory Waterbirds in the Wadden
Sea |
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14.04.2010 A
high number of waterbirds show declining trends in the Wadden Sea.
While some species show a similar trend in all Wadden Sea countries,
a sizable number of bird species shows different trends in different
Wadden Sea countries. It is these contrasting trends that are the
focus of this exploratory study.
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Brochure: "Towards a trilateral research agenda of the Wadden Sea
Area" |
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15.03.2010
In the course of 2009, the Dutch Wadden Academy has established
contacts with German and Danish scientists, with the aim of
reinforcing scientific co-operation across boundaries in the Wadden
Sea Region, and to establish a common international research agenda.
The brochure documents the result of intensive discussions between
the Dutch Wadden Academy, the Common Wadden Sea Secretariat and 24
German and Danish institutions in Hamburg in 2009. |
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Wadden Sea Quality Status Report 2009 |
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17.12.2009
The Quality Status Report 2009 (QSR 2009) was prepared to update the
findings of the QSR 2004 and to provide input into the Trilateral
Governmental Conference on Sylt on 18 March 2010. Over 115
scientists from the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark have
contributed to this project during 2008-2009 and prepared 30
thematic reports. >>More |
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Wonderful! The Wadden Sea makes the World Heritage List |
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26 June 2009
The Dutch-German Wadden Sea is now on the same footing as
other world famous natural wonders on the World Heritage
List like the Grand Canyon in the USA and the Great Barrier
Reef in Australia. On 26 June 2009, the Wadden Sea has been
inscribed on the List by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee
at its meeting in Seville.
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Recommendations from the 12th
Wadden Sea Symposium
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The 12th International Scientific Wadden Sea Symposium
(Wilhelmshaven, 30 March – 3 April 2009) focused on
how research and monitoring can provide input to
conservation and management, by developing new methods and
assessment tools, especially with regard to the
implementation of the EU Directives including the new Marine
Strategy Framework Directive.
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Successful and indicatory goose
management workshop (18.12.2008) |
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On 19 - 20 November
2008, an international workshop on goose management was held in Ribe.
The workshop, organized jointly by the Environment Centre Ribe, the
Wadden Sea Forum and the Common Wadden Sea Secretariat was attended
by some 30 representatives from science, agriculture, nature
conservation societies and responsible authorities. A broad
consensus was reached on a long-term international approach how to
deal with geese populations, which are part of the Wadden Sea
environment. Refuge areas and agri-environmental schemes were
considered as valuable tools and policies of successful goose
management. .
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Mapping subtidal habitats (17.12.2008) |
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In preparation of
the Wadden Sea Quality Status Report 2009, the Common Wadden Sea
Secretariat (CWSS), the GKSS Research Center and the ENCORA network
organized a trilateral workshop on mapping of subtidal habitats on
16 December 2008. The workshop was attended by 30 experts from
research institutions and administrations from the Netherlands,
Germany and Denmark.
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Number of Harbour Seals has increased (25.11.2008) |
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The total number of
20,250 harbour seals counted in 2008 is the highest number ever
counted in the Wadden Sea during the moult. It indicates that the
population is still growing prosperously and has evidently passed
its pre 2002-epizootic level of 17,700 animals.
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The Wadden Sea at the Ramsar Conference in Korea
(6.11.2008) |
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An international symposium on intertidal wetlands was held
on 27 October as a supporting event of the 10th
Ramsar Conference in Korea with the Common Wadden Sea
Secretariat as co-organizer.
The symposium underlined that very little of the Yellow Sea
intertidal wetlands is protected sufficiently, and none of
it on an ecosystem scale, as done in the Wadden Sea. The
conclusions from symposium were included as an Annex to the
Ramsar Waterbird Flyway Resolution (Resolution No. 22).
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World Heritage Field Mission Successful
(18.9.2008) |
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The field mission for the evaluation of the Dutch-German
Wadden Sea World Heritage Nomination was carried out from 1
to 11 September 2008 by Mr Pedro Rosabal (IUCN). He met more
than 100 representing governments, regional and local
authorities, scientific institutions, advisory boards,
non-governmental organizations and private stakeholders. The
field mission had accomplished all its objectives.
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Trilateral conference underlined importance of dune habitats and
protection of natural dynamics
(30.08.2008) |
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Over 50
experts met at the trilateral conference on dune
management in Wilhelmshaven on 28 August 2008 which was
organized by the National Park Administration Lower Saxon
Wadden Sea and the Common Wadden Sea Secretariat.
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Blue Mussel Fishery Management in the Wadden Sea
(12.06.2008) |
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On invitation of the Common
Wadden Sea Secretariat, over 60 scientists, managers and
users from Germany, Denmark, The Netherlands and England
discussed experiences in blue mussel management from the
past ten years
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Wadden Sea Ministers: Protection of the Wadden Sea is a success
story
(27.05.2008) |


CBD-COP9 |
Federal Environment Minister
Sigmar Gabriel, the Dutch Agriculture Minister Gerda
Verburg and the Danish Environment Minister Troels
Lund Poulsen signed a
Letter of Intent
to further
improve protection of the Wadden Sea on the margins of the
9th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the CBD in
Bon. “The trilateral cooperation on protecting the Wadden
Sea is a success story and a model example of transboundary
conservation of biological diversity”, noted Federal
Environment Minister Sigmar Gabriel. >Press
Info English /
Pressemitteilung Deutsch/Speeches Minister Gabriel /
Minister Verburg
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Date posted |
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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 on 30 January 2008.
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23 January 2008 |
The total number of
about 17,600 harbour seals observed in the Wadden Sea in
2007 indicates that the population has returned to its pre
2002-epizootic level of 17,900 animals. This is one year earlier
than predicted.
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18 January 2008 |
The Danish Parliament decided yesterday
(17.1.08) to designate the Danish Wadden Sea including the
islands and adjacent marsh areas as a National Park. The
procedure for the designation as stipulated in the Act on National
Parks will commence in spring 2009.
Download map of the area to be designated as the Danish Wadden Sea
National Park
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21 December 2007 |
The Wadden Sea Newsletter 2007-1
(Vol. 33) is now available
online.
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18 December 2007 |
The report of the trilateral workshop on "Synergies
in implementation of the Water Framework Directive in the Wadden
Sea" is now available. >>More
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18 December 2007 |
The
Proceedings of the international workshop
on "Seriously Declining Trends in Migratory Waterbirds:
Causes – Concerns – Consequences" (Wilhelmshaven, 31 August 2006) are now available |
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24 August 2007 |
The seal epidemic is still present
in the Kattegat but the tested samples were proved negative for PDV.
No unusual mortality has been reported from the
Wadden Sea.
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22 August 2007 |
The Common Wadden Sea
Secretariat celebrates its 20th Anniversary of
successful trilateral work on the protection of the Wadden Sea. It
started in Wilhelmshaven in 1987...Read
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15 August 2007 |
The seal epidemic that started 6
weeks ago in the Danish Kattegat, has now arrived in the Skagerrak
and the Öresund. No unusual mortality has been reported from the
Wadden Sea.
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13 July 2007 |
The draft nomination
dossier for inscription of the Dutch-German Wadden Sea
Conservation Area as World Heritage Site has been published
and
will be subject to public consultations from August to November 2007.
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12 July 2007 |
10 dead habour seals with PDV
symptoms were found in the southern part of the Swedish Kattegat
coast south of Halmstad.
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6 July 2007 |
33
dead harbour seals were found on the small island of Hesselø,
Kattegat, on 4 July 2007. There is hence a risk that the so-called
seal plague has spread from Anholt, where 60 dead harbour seals,
which died from the disease, have been found within the last 14 days.
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26 June 2007 |
in June 2007, the external
experts Mike Moser and Andy Brown presented an evaluation of the
Trilateral Wadden Sea Cooperation and prepared recommendations to
optimize it for future needs.
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25 June 2007 |
An unusual high number of dead seals
was found on the island of Anholt in the Danish Kattegat and
causes concern of a new outbreak of a seal distemper epidemic.
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25 May 2007 |
A trilateral workshop on Wadden Sea and
Climate Change will be organized on 30 August 2007 in
Wilhelmshaven to discuss the requirements to research and monitoring
as a basis for adaptive ecosystem management.
Program
and Registration (deadline 15 August) |
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2 May 2007 |
The trilateral report on "Spread of the
Pacific Oyster in the Wadden Sea" (by Georg Nehls and Heike
Büttger) including the conclusions and recommendations from the
trilateral workshop is now available for download
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21 February 2007 |
A trilateral workshop on the
Invasion of the
Pacific Oyster in the Wadden Sea will take place on 22 March
2007 in Wilhelmshaven and will address consequences for ecology,
monitoring and management. |