Information on the website waddensea-worldheritage.org

 

What is on the website?

What is the Wadden Sea?

The Wadden Sea is a special natural landscape.
It is the largest tidal flat area in the world.
This means the water goes away at low tide
and comes back at high tide.
The Wadden Sea is on the North Sea coasts of
Denmark, Germany, and the Netherlands.

Many animals and plants live here,
like seals, fish, and millions of birds.
The Wadden Sea is always changing
because of the tides.
The sea floods the seabed twice a day.
The seabed consists of sand and silt.

The sea also moves away 2 times a day.
Then the seabed can be seen again.
Then you can see, for example,
many mussels, crabs or snails.
The seabed is divided by river channels.
These small rivers in the Wadden Sea are called tidal creeks.

The Wadden Sea has sand dunes
and salt marshes.
Salt marshes are meadows,
which the sea floods again and again.
Some salt marshes are often flooded,
others only rarely.
As a result, salt marshes are very different.

The Wadden Sea is unique.
It is the only tidal flat of this size in the world.
There are many different plants
on and in the Wadden Sea.

There are also many different migratory birds here.
Migratory birds are birds that fly south in winter.
They fly a long distance.
They return in the spring.
They fly north again to have their children.
Many migratory birds breed in the Wadden Sea.
Others feed and rest here.
They then fly much further north.

Millions of people visit the Wadden Sea every year.
They enjoy the stunning scenery, restorative tranquillity,
and spectacular wildlife encounters.
There are guided mudflat hiking tours, birdwatching opportunities,
and local museums and cultural sites.

 

What is World Heritage?

The Wadden Sea is very important for wildlife.
That is why UNESCO made it a World Heritage Site.
This means it is protected for the future.

World Heritage means:
The Wadden Sea is very important for wildlife all over the world.
That is why this part must be specially protected,
so that the Wadden Sea will still exist in the future.

 

How is the Wadden Sea protected?

Denmark, Germany, and the Netherlands work together
to take care of the Wadden Sea.
This is called the Trilateral Wadden Sea Cooperation (TWSC).
They have worked together since 1978
to keep the Wadden Sea clean and safe.
Because of this, the Wadden Sea
became a World Heritage Site in 2009.

The Common Wadden Sea Secretariat (CWSS)
helps these three countries work together.
It organises meetings, shares knowledge,
and makes sure that the Wadden Sea is well protected.
The CWSS is based in Wilhelmshaven, Germany.

 

Who is the website from?

This website is created by
the Common Wadden Sea Secretariat
for the Trilateral Wadden Sea Cooperation.
On this website, you can learn more
about the Wadden Sea.
You can find out about the animals, the landscape,
and how people protect it.
You can also read about
the Trilateral Wadden Sea Cooperation
and how Denmark, Germany,
and the Netherlands work together.
You can also read about the work
of the Common Wadden Sea Secretariat.

 

How does our website work?

We explain to you
how this website works.
We explain to you
what this website is about.

Click on the menu?

Then you will come to the main sections of the website:
Our World Heritage informs
about the Wadden Sea.
Our work informs about what
the Trilateral Wadden Sea Cooperation works on.
Our organisation informs about how
the Trilateral Wadden Sea Cooperation works.
Your visit informs about things you can do
when you visit the Wadden Sea.
You can also find recent news,
useful things, and events.

At the bottom of the page
you can access smaller websites on:
The Quality Status Report,
which is a text from scientists on the Wadden Sea.
The International Wadden Sea School,
where you can find school materials.
The Wadden Sea Flyway Initiative,
which works with partners from countries
that migratory birds visit.
The Swimway Initiative,
which works on fish that travel.
The Exchange Platform,
which is an online space where people
working in the Wadden Sea can exchange.

 

What is the most important information on the declaration for accessibility?

The declaration on accessibility states
how accessible a website is.
Barriers are obstacles.
There can also be barriers on a website.
For example, people with visual impairments
cannot easily read a website with a small font.

Our website is not yet barrier-free.
We want to change this as soon as possible.

Are you unable to use the website properly?
Do you not understand something?
Then please let us know.

The Common Wadden Sea Secretariat will help you:
Telephone: +49 4421 9108 0
Email: info@waddensea-secretariat.org

 

Contact the complaints office

Are we not helping you?
Are we not answering you?
Then you can contact the complaints office.

The complaints office is free of charge.
The complaints office helps you and us to find solutions to barriers together

Have you written to the complaints office?
But you do not agree with the solution
that the complaints office has given you?
Then you can write to the conciliation body.

The conciliation body will examine your complaint again.
This is free of charge.

Contact the complaints office:
Telephone: 0511 120 40 10
E-mail: schlichtungsstelle@ms.niedersachsen.de

Website:
On this website you can read
information about accessibility in Lower Saxony:
https://www.ms.niedersachsen.de/barrierefreie_IT/barrierefreie-it-in-niedersachsen-183088.html
You will find a contact form at the bottom of the website

 

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