The new issue of the Wadden Sea Newsletter No.32 is available.
The May issue of the Wadden Sea Newsletter provides insights into relevant topics, events, issues around the Wadden Sea with a particular focus on the international projects of the Trilateral Cooperation. [more]
Wadden Sea Breeding Birds at Risk
Latest trends in breeding bird numbers show that 2/3 of all internationally monitored species breeding in the Wadden Sea have declining numbers. The trend over the past ten years even indicates that the rate of decline has recently accelerated, e.g. in species like Oystercatcher, Avocet, and Arctic Tern. Breeding birds like Ruff, Dunlin and Common Snipe are now on the brink of extinction. If the current negative trends continue, more species are threatened to disappear from the Wadden Sea. e.g. Hen Harrier. [more]
The first meeting of the European Marine World Heritage Sites aims at closer cooperation
The goal of more intensive cooperation brought together 25 experts from four European marine World Heritage Sites to the National Park Administration, Tönning, on 15 and 16 April. [more]
05.03.2013
UNESCO
International Summer Academy Cottbus: Understanding Heritage (ISAC) in 2013
The International Graduate School: Heritage Studies at Cottbus University is offering under the direction of the UNESCO Chair in Heritage Studies its second International Summer Academy Cottbus: Understanding Heritage (ISAC) under the title “The Theoretical Understanding of Sustainability in Heritage Studies and its Corresponding Disciplines”. [more]
28.02.2013
Fischerei und Naturschutz – Gemeinsamer Einsatz für eine saubere Nordsee
Land Niedersachsen und NABU starten Kooperation zum Fishing for Litter [more]
18.02.2013
Marine World Heritage: The Crown Jewels of the Ocean event calls for support of marine sites
On 7 February, international film stars Clive Owen and Jacques Perrin gave their support to Marine World Heritage: The Crown Jewels of the Ocean, at a special event dedicated to marine site preservation at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris. A short film on marine sites, narrated by Mr Perrin, was also shown. [more]
Accomplished! Danish Nomination delivered in Paris.
On January, 25th the Danish representative at the UNESCO Ambassador Poul Erik Dam Kristensen submitted the nomination for the inscription of the Danish Wadden Sea on the World Heritage List to the Director of the World Heritage Centre, Kishore Rao. [more]
Wadden Sea Flyway Initiative & Conservation of Migratory Birds Project
Regional training course ‘Monitoring waterbirds and wetlands along the west coast of Africa’ Parc National du Diawling, Mauritania [more]
Cultural lanscape of the Wadden Sea Region: compared and explained
The Dutch Wadden Academy and the CWSS has published the booklet ”The Wadden Sea Region. A World Class Cultural Landscape”. [more]
The new issue of the Wadden Sea Newsletter is out!
In this issue: Common Wadden Sea Secretariat celebrates its 25th anniversary; More seals than ever before in the Wadden Sea; Trilateral Wadden Sea Symposium; Wadden Sea-Korea cooperation and other topics. [more]
