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The
Ninth
Trilateral
Governmental Conference
on the Protection of the
Wadden Sea
Esbjerg, October 31, 2001 |
Further information about the
Esbjerg Conference is also available at the website of the Danish Nature and
Forest Agency (www.sns.dk)
(in Danish).
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The
Danish Minister of Environment and Energy, Svend Auken, the Dutch
State Secretary of Agriculture, Nature Management and Fisheries, Geke
H. Faber (left) and the German Parliamentary State Secretary at the
Ministry for the
Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Gila Altmann (right)
signed the Ministerial Declaration of the
9th Trilateral Governmental Conference on the Protection of the
Wadden Sea in Esbjerg, Denmark on October 31, 2001. |
The
Ministers reinforced, further developed and enhanced their joint
cooperation, building upon the Stade Declaration and the Trilateral Wadden
Sea Plan. The main issues discussed at the Conference were shipping safety,
World Heritage nomination and stakeholder participation.
They
decided
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to
submit an application to the IMO for the designation of the Wadden Sea
as PSSA (Particularly Sensitive Sea Area).
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to
establish a national land based monitoring system for ships based on
AIS signals, in accordance with the relevant IMO and EU regulations
in the Wadden Sea Area by 2005.
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to
continue the consultations concerning the Word Heritage Site
nomination with a view to finalize them within one to two years.
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to
convene a Trilateral Wadden Sea Forum as a consultation project with
participation of all relevant stakeholders.
Furthermore
they decided
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to
adopt a new Seal Management Plan for the period 2002-2006.
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to
support a follow-up of the Lancewad-Project in the framework of the
Interreg IIIB North Sea Program.
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to
adapt the boundaries of the Wadden Sea Area and Conservation Area.
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to
further optimize the Trilateral Monitoring and Assessment Program (TMAP).
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to
submit a common Statement to the 5th Conference on the Protection of
the North Sea, Bergen, Norway, March 20-21, 2002.
| Background
Conference Documents
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The
Nomination of the Wadden Sea Conservation Area as a World Heritage
Site (Feasibility Report September, 2000 and
World Heritage Site Brochure, April 2001)
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Particularly
Sensitive Sea Area (PSSA). Wadden Sea Feasibility Study (May 2001,
amended July 2001)
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Final
Report of the Working Group and Coastal Protection and Sea Level Rise
(CPSL),October 2001
Wadden Sea Ecosystem No. 13
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LANCEWAD
Project Report, October 2001
Wadden Sea Ecosystem No. 12
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TMAP
Evaluation Report (February 2001)
(Report,
pdf, 100 kb / Annex,
pdf, 400 kb)
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Contaminants
in Bird Eggs 1991-2000.
Wadden Sea Ecosystem No. 11, October 2001
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Quality
Status Report 1999
Denmark
Skov-
og Naturstyrelsen: http://www.sns.dk/natur/vadehav/vadehav.htm
Germany
Wadden
Sea National Parks (Niedersachsen, Schleswig-Holstein, Hamburg)
http://www.wattenmeer-nationalpark.de/
The
Netherlands:
Interwad:
http://www.waddenzee.nl/
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