Water Framework Directive and Wadden Sea

The EU Water Framework Directive (WFD) aims at an integrated water management based on river basins on a European level. The implementation will also have consequences for monitoring and management in the Wadden Sea Area. 

Already in 1982, the three Wadden Sea states agreed in the Joint Declaration to coordinate their policy and management on the protection of the Wadden Sea. At the Trilateral Governmental Conference in Esbjerg 2001 the “importance of a close cooperation with regard to the Wadden Sea Area when implementing the Water Framework Directive” (ED §49) was underlined. 

The following trilateral workshops addressing the WFD have been carried out:

• Trilateral Workshop on synergies in WFD implementation in the Wadden Sea (HARBASINS Report, Interreg IIIB project)
  Hamburg, 24 - 25 October 2007
   
• Trilateral Workshop on Reference Values, 
  Hamburg, 29 - 30 November 2004
  
• Water Framework Directive and Wadden Sea
  Trilateral Workshop Hamburg, 27 - 28 January 2004

Synergies in WFD implementation in the Wadden Sea Trilateral workshop - HARBASINS project Hamburg, 24 - 25 October 2007
HARBASINS Workshop report: Synergies in WFD implementation Reference conditions of biological quality elements in the WFD coastal and transitional waters in NL, D and DK. Status of developments and comparison with the Targets of the trilateral Wadden Sea Plan (HARBASINS Report) (by BioConsult Schuchardt & Scholle) Map WFD water bodies in the Wadden Sea Area (by BioConsult Schuchardt & Scholle)
HARBASINS - Harmonization of EU Directives in coastal areas and estuaries (Interreg IIIB project 2005 - 2008) www.harbasins.org
Workshop on Reference Values and Classification Hamburg, 29 - 30 November 2004
Program and Download of Presentations List of Participants Workshop Objectives Workshop Report (version 22.03.05)
Background Documents: van der Molen, 2004. References and classification tools for transitional and coastal waters (version July 2004) Similarities and Synergies between OSPAR Comprehensive Procedure related to Eutrophication and WFD Guidance on the Intercalibration Process (v4, 14 October 04) Work Plan NE Atlantic Geographical Calibration Group (3 Sep.04) Review of eutrophication in European policy and conceptual framework (v3, 27 August 2004) Dick de Jong, 2004. Determination of Reference conditions for plants in the coastal waters (RIKZ Report 04/832.x, final draft) NEA - GIG Minutes Benthic expert meeting (Sweden, 22-23 September 2004) NEA GIG Minutes Marine Plants Expert Group (UK, 19 - 20 October 2004) NEA GIG Marine Plants Tools Research supporting the WFD implementation (SCG, 27- 28 October 2004) Bestandsaufnahme zur Umsetzung der EG-WRRL / Rapportage ten behoeve van de implementatie van de EU Kaderrichtlijn Water / Bearbeitungsgebiet Ems-Dollart -Ästuar / Deelstroomgebied Eems-Dollard (October 2004) (pdf 1.9 MB) Overview Implementation Status WFD in the Wadden Sea (November 2004) by CWSS Heiber, Wilfried; Tuente, Uda; Wübben, Dirk; Adolph, Winny; Wenzel, Sabine; Petri, Gabriele, 2004. Study to determine reference values respectively natural variability of chemical and biological marine monitoring parameters, part North Sea, German Bight. UBA Texte 2004 – 38, 222 pp.
Wadden Sea Newsletter June 2004
EU Water Framework Directive - Implications for the Wadden Sea (summary of the WFD Workshop in Hamburg, 27 - 28 January 2004) Water Framework Directive: Many Questions - Few Answers (short article about the international conference in Leeuwarden, 13 -14 May 2004 organized by the Dutch Wadden Sea Society)
Water Framework Directive and Wadden Sea Workshop Hamburg, 27 - 28 January 2004
The workshop underlined that the implementation of the WFD in the Wadden Sea requires an intensive cooperation of all concerned authorities, at the national as well as at the trilateral level. A close coordination in the Wadden Sea is necessary to safeguard coherence between the EU Directives on Habitats, Birds, Water Framework, and the Trilateral Cooperation. This concerns not only monitoring but also policy and management aspects. The workshop recommended a.o. to enhance the information exchange and coordination, and to develop a common understanding of monitoring and management goals on a Wadden-Sea-wide level. It was also recommended to organize joint workshops on specific themes with relevance to the WFD implementation and the TMAP.  Workshop Report [pdf] [doc] (1.9 MB)   (Final Version April 2004) Download of Presentations List of Participants Terms of Reference
Background Documents
Trilateral Cooperation:
TMAP-WFD Meeting, Minutes, Hamburg, 8 May 2003
Wadden Sea Plan (Targets)
TMAP Overview
Review of International Legal Instruments, Policies and Management in respect of the Wadden Sea Region  Oxford Brookes University, 2003, 110 pp
Links
http://www.kaderrichtlijnwater.nl
http://projects.dhi.dk/waterdir
http://www.wrrl-info.de
http://www.wasserblick.net
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/water/water-framework/index_en.html