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14th November, 2022

Seals and Seeds on Annual IWSS Network Meeting

The Seal Centre Friedrichskoog and the touristic town of Büsum set the scene for this year´s annual meeting of multipliers of Wadden Sea education and World Heritage interpretation.
9th November, 2022

Experts on salt marshes and dunes met on Fanø

Once per year, the members of the Expert Group Salt Marshes and Dunes (EG-SMD) meet to discuss the newest research conducted and management measures taken in relation to different habitats in the Wadden Sea.
8th November, 2022

Nature Business Community development Toolkit published

Small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) often lack access to business tools that could help them enhance their sustainability. This is especially true in business ecosystems where interactions, access to knowledge and exchange, happen on a (s)lower scale, such as in the Wadden Sea protected areas region.
7th November, 2022

Final PROWAD Link partner meeting convened on Sylt

On 1 to 3 November 2022, the last partner meeting for the project, which will be concluded with the end of 2022, took place on the Wadden Sea Island of Sylt.
7th November, 2022

TMAP workshop conducted on subtidal habitats

From 2 to 3 November 2022, 16 trilateral experts held a workshop on “subtidal habitats” in the framework of the Trilateral Monitoring and Assessment Programme (TMAP) in Büsum, Germany.
7th November, 2022

Young Climate Action for World Heritage: First Workshop in the Wadden Sea

“Young Climate Action for World Heritage” is a youth project combining the topics UNESCO World Heritage and climate change with a focus on sustainable action.
3rd November, 2022

Wadden Sea mindfulness exercises focus of PROWAD Link workshop

On 27 October 2022, an evaluation workshop organised by the Lower Saxon Wadden Sea National Park Authority took place with regional stakeholders.
1st November, 2022

Common Wadden Sea Secretariat turns 35

With the foundation of the Common Wadden Sea Secretariat (CWSS) in 1987 by Denmark, Germany, and the Netherlands, 35 years ago, an institutionalised structure began to form. A team of two, who began on 1 November 1987, has since grown to a team of nine.
1st November, 2022

Decrease in number of harbour seals observed in the Wadden Sea

Harbour seals, the most well-known seal species in the Wadden Sea, are monitored annually through aerial surveys that cover the entire Wadden Sea World Heritage site and the island of Helgoland.
24th October, 2022

TWSC celebrates 25 years Wadden Sea Plan

The trilateral Wadden Sea Plan was adopted at the 8th Trilateral Governmental Conference in Stade in 1997.
19th October, 2022

Wadden Sea participates in annual MBP meeting and CEPA capacity building workshop in Saloum Delta

Coordinator of the International Wadden Sea School (IWSS), Anja Szczesinski, took part in the annual meeting of the Migratory Birds for People (MBP) network and a related capacity building workshop for communication, education and public awareness (CEPA) for visitor centres in West African countries along the flyway.
11th October, 2022

First Particularly Sensitive Sea Area in Europe turns 20

20 years ago, on 11 October 2002, the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) designated the Wadden Sea as a Particularly Sensitive Sea Area (PSSA) .