News – latest Wadden Sea stories

12th March, 2018

Building with Nature: successful conference on climate change adaptation in the North Sea region

The conference 'Climate change adaptation in the North Sea region' was successfully held on 8 March 2018 in Schoorl, Netherlands.

11th March, 2018

Wadden Sea World Heritage receives “Best Exhibitor Award” at 2018 ITB travel fair

The Wadden Sea World Heritage stand was awarded second prize in the category "Travel Support and Media" at the Cologne Business School's "Best Exhibitor Awards" (BEA).

8th March, 2018

Experience the Wadden Sea World Heritage at the ITB travel fair in Berlin

Whether you like food, games, virtual reality or sand in your shoes – during the ITB on 10-11 March 2018, travel enthusiasts can explore the Wadden Sea World Heritage up close directly on Berlin’s fair grounds. Partnering with the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, the Wadden Sea World Heritage maintains two booths at the world’s largest travel fair.

5th March, 2018

Shared representation at ITB 2018: Local providers support the Wadden Sea World Heritage

For the first time this year, tourism service providers from the Netherlands and the German Länder of Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein are jointly represented at the ITB tourism fair in Berlin.

2nd March, 2018

Danish architect visits location of future partnership center in Wilhelmshaven

Joyful faces despite the bitter cold: Dorte Mandrup, winner of the international architectural competition for the construction of the trilateral Wadden Sea World Heritage Partnership Center, visited Wilhelmshaven.

1st March, 2018

Monitoring report measures seven principles in trilateral climate change adaptation efforts

In the recent “Trilateral Wadden Sea Climate Change Adaptation Strategy Monitoring Report for the Trilateral Cooperation of the Protection of the Wadden Sea”, TG-C evaluated the trilateral climate change adaptation strategy.

27th February, 2018

Official Wadden Sea World Heritage Guide published

We are pleased to announce the publication of the first official Wadden Sea World Heritage travel guide.

21st February, 2018

Wadden Sea World Heritage represented with biggest ever presence at ITB Berlin 2018

Partnering with the UNESCO World Heritage Centre in Paris, the Wadden Sea World Heritage will once again be represented at ITB, the world’s largest tourism fair.

13th February, 2018

22nd Wadden Sea Board meeting held in Hamburg

On 2 February 2018, the three national delegations of Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands as well as advisors from the Wadden Sea Forum and the NGOs Waddenvereniging and WWF met for the 22nd meeting of the Wadden Sea Board.

9th February, 2018

Trilateral Wadden Sea World Heritage Partnership Center: Danish architect wins competition

A new milestone has been reached in the preparations for the construction of the trilateral Wadden Sea World Heritage Partnership Center.

23rd January, 2018

Quality Status Report 2017 gives multi-faceted analysis of the Wadden Sea

Geomorphology and climate, habitats and communities, species, human activities, and pollution of the Wadden Sea are the main areas of analysis in the Quality Status Report 2017 (QSR).

22nd December, 2017

Wadden Sea experts deliver input in brand workshop on Getbol region (Korea)

Sjon de Haan and Joke Pouliart from the Wadden Sea took part in the international workshop on "Building brand value for Marine Protected Areas with local communities" in Seoul, Korea.