31st August, 2023 Experts express concern about biodiversity in the Wadden Sea More than 150 representatives from science, nature conservation, and politics met at Wadden Sea Day titled “Put the Wadden Sea’s Biodiversity on the path to recovery!” Read more
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. Read more
23rd September, 2022 Wadden Sea serves as pilot region to UNESCO on environmental DNA sampling The UNESCO World Heritage Centre in Paris is conducting a global citizen science initiative on environmental DNA (eDNA) sampling in the UNESCO World Heritage marine sites. Read more
25th August, 2022 Wadden Sea Day: Understanding connections between species essential to Wadden Sea’s management “Who eats whom” was at the centre of this year’s Wadden Sea Day, held on 25 August in Wilhelmshaven. Read more
1st July, 2022 Wadden Sea wide counts: Long-term growth in grey seal numbers may be slowing down Since their recolonization of the Wadden Sea in the mid 20th-century, the grey seal population has considerably increased. Read more
2nd December, 2021 Wetenschappers zien Waddenzee ernstig bedreigd door klimaatverandering Internationaal wetenschapssymposium komt met aanbevelingen voor bescherming van ecosysteem en biodiversiteit in de Waddenzee. Read more
9th November, 2020 Uitkomsten telling gewone zeehonden Waddenzee Er zijn in augustus 2020 28.352 gewone zeehonden geteld in de Deense-Duitse-Nederlandse Waddenzee en Helgoland. Read more
26th September, 2019 Eerste internationale Swimway-conferentie over trekvissen in Hamburg Van 24 t/m 26 september jl. onderzochten wetenschappers, managers, beleidsmakers, NGO's en andere stakeholders de mogelijkheden voor samenwerking omtrent de bescherming van trekvissen. Read more
25th September, 2019 Werelderfgoed Waddenzee onder druk door klimaatverandering Nieuw IPCC-rapport onderstreept het belang van Deens-Nederlands-Duitse samenwerking. Read more
2nd July, 2019 Grey seal population in the Wadden Sea steadily growing In 2018-2019, 6,538 individuals were counted in the Danish-Dutch-German Wadden Sea and Helgoland. Read more