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World Heritage Field Mission Successful  (18.9.2008)
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.   >>More
Trilateral conference underlined importance of dune habitats and protection of natural dynamics  (30.08.2008)
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.    >>More
Blue Mussel Fishery Management in the Wadden Sea (12.06.2008)
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  >>More
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
Trends of Migratory Waterbirds in the Wadden Sea (08.02.2008)
The Joint Monitoring of Migratory Birds (JMMB) Group present trends on migratory birds based on trilateral count data until 2005/2006. Overview and single species results will be published yearly on this site. >>More

 

Date posted	Topic
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.  >> More
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. >>More
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 >> More (in Danish)
21 December 2007	The Wadden Sea Newsletter 2007-1 (Vol. 33) is now available online.
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 >
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
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. Read more
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 More
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. Read more
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. Read more
12 July 2007	10 dead habour seals with PDV symptoms were found in the southern part of the Swedish Kattegat coast south of Halmstad. Read more
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. Read more
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. Read more.
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. Read more
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)
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 here.
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.