News – latest Wadden Sea stories

22nd February, 2019

New Ecosystem on managing predation risk for breeding birds published

Managing predation risk for breeding birds in the Wadden Sea is the topic of the most recent publication of the Wadden Sea Ecosystem series.

18th February, 2019

“Jour Fixe” with German National Park Administrations in Wilhelmshaven

CWSS and directors and managers of the German Wadden Sea National Park Administrations met for annual "Jour Fixe".

6th February, 2019

International Prowad Link project on use of nature brands launched

On 4 and 5 February over 50 stakeholders from Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and the United Kingdom took part in the first PROWAD LINK Forum.

31st January, 2019

Nieuwsbrief Waddenzee Werelderfgoed verschenen

Een nieuwe editie van de periodieke nieuwbrief over en van Waddenzee Werelderfgoed is verschenen, met daarin een jaarupdate 2018 en een vooruitblik op 2019.

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.