News – latest Wadden Sea stories

8th January, 2019

Tuesday storm halts clean-up efforts of lost containers

For the past week, the relevant authorities as well as countless volunteers have worked at retrieving the cargo lost by container ship Zoe in the North Sea off the Dutch and German island of Borkum on the night of 1-2 January.

17th December, 2018

IUCN publishes guidelines for sustainability in tourism and visitor management

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) published guidelines on sustainability for "Tourism and visitor management in protected areas".

30th November, 2018

Prowad Link provides new sustainable angles for tourism

On 27th to 28th of November, the Prowad Link partners met in Esbjerg to develop new perspectives of sustainable tourism and plan further project steps.

22nd November, 2018

Mandø and Wadden Sea voted natural treasure in Denmark

Mandø and the Wadden Sea are among the 15 most important natural treasures in Denmark.

19th November, 2018

Wadden Sea Board meets in Copenhagen

On 13 November 2018, the Wadden Sea Board (WSB 27) was held in Copenhagen.

16th November, 2018

World Heritage marine site managers gather for workshop on Norderney to focus on marine litter

To discuss the impacts of marine litter on UNESCO World Heritage marine sites, World Heritage marine managers and marine litter experts from 11 different nations joined forces.

1st November, 2018

Wadden Sea harbour seals bear more pups than ever

The Trilateral Seal Expert Group (TSEG) published report “Aerial surveys of Harbour Seals in the Wadden Sea in 2018”.

28th September, 2018

New Interreg project PROWAD LINK kicked off with first partner meeting

The first PROWAD LINK partner meeting in Hamburg on 25-26 September 2018 served as starting point of the project.

30th August, 2018

Natural forces and human impact: International experts discuss sediment dynamics in the Wadden Sea

Stakeholders from the trilateral Wadden Sea community met on 30 August 2018 in Wilhelmshaven to discuss sediment dynamics and management.

22nd August, 2018

Heads of European water secretariats meet in Wilhelmshaven

On August 20 and 21, 2018, the heads of the secretariats of the European Water Commissions and Conventions and the Trilateral Wadden Sea Cooperation gathered for their annual meeting at the CWSS premises in Wilhelmshaven.

14th August, 2018

CAFF Regional Flyway Coordinator based in Wilhelmshaven

CWSS is pleased to welcome Sergio Rejado Albaina, the new Regional Flyway Coordinator for Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF), to the CWSS premises!

8th August, 2018

Meeting of the three German natural World Heritage sites in Messel

In 2016, CWSS initiated an annual jour fixe of the Secretariats of the three German natural World Heritage sites aimed at exchanging information, fostering synergies and increasing their visibility among German World Heritage sites.