Ecology | Wadden Sea

Satellite image of Europe at night with artificial lights spread across the land mass. © NASA.

26.03.2025

DARKER SKY Mid-Term Event: Advancing Light Pollution Research and Community Engagement

Project partners and stakeholders shared updates and insights on activities aimed at reducing light pollution and enhancing technical solutions and monitoring.

Two young women kneeling on a mudflat focusing on details on surface. © Laura Govers

28.10.2025 - 30.10.2025

16th International Scientific Wadden Sea Symposium

Groningen (NL)

View on salt marsh from dike with a few sheep grazing. © Robert Zijstra/ RWS.

Workshop Report: Nature conservation and coastal flood defence

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Group of students walking through colourful salt marsh. Hinke Lise Hoekstra.

10.03.2025

Call for Applications: Wadden Sea World Heritage Summer School 2025

Applications are now open for the Wadden Sea World Heritage Summer School 2025, taking place from 18-29 August 2025.

18.08.2025 - 29.08.2025

Wadden Sea World Heritage Summer School 2025

Ribe (DK), Sylt (DE), Wilhelmshaven (DE)

Aerial image of the Island of Mandø. © John Frikke.

22.11.2018

Mandø and Wadden Sea voted natural treasure in Denmark

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

Patches of salt marsh and mudflat. © Kerstin Herrmann via Pixabay.

21.04.2020

Climate change threatens migratory birds in the Wadden Sea

The Dutch organisation Programma naar een Rijke Waddenzee has commissioned the Wadden Academy to map out what this means for birds using the East Atlantic Flyway.

Green salt marsh with sea lavender and lighthouse and buildings in background.

04.02.2025 - 31.12.2025

40 years Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea National Park

Schleswig-Holstein

29.01.2025

Projects of Dutch-German Research Call now officially launched

Under pressure of the triple planetary crisis and human activites, the Wadden Sea needs adequate protection and preservation to maintain its Outstanding Universal Value.

Three children with UNESCO hats standing on a mudflat look at sampling guidelines. © Silke Ahlborn/ LKN.SH.

23.01.2025

UNESCO eDNA programme maps 350 species in Wadden Sea

UNESCO has developed a new standardized eDNA sampling method to map ocean life.

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