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News – latest Wadden Sea stories

15th August, 2022

Wadden Sea Ecotourism contributes to Marine Mud and Wellness Conference in Boryeong, Korea

The Trilateral Wadden Sea Cooperation was invited to contribute a presentation on sustainable tourism development in the Wadden Sea World Heritage Destination.
9th August, 2022

CWSS's partnership with Oris supports WattenMeerCamp 2022

As part of the partnership between the Common Wadden Sea Secretariat (CWSS) and Swiss watch manufacturer Oris, the collaboration’s annual event themed “Change for the better” will take place in Harlesiel, Lower Saxony, in mid-August.
8th August, 2022

New Interreg North Sea project to set up a light pollution measuring network approved

The overall objective of this small-scale project is to develop a light pollution monitoring network within the Wadden Sea area that combines different measurement methods to achieve reliable results.
19th July, 2022

Bird flu causes devastating losses among sandwich terns in the Wadden Sea

The extensive number of adult sandwich terns which died during the recent outbreak of avian influenza (bird flu) can have large-scale consequences for the development of the sandwich tern population in Northwest-Europe.
14th July, 2022

Fundraising focus of Second East Atlantic Flyway Youth Forum

The 2nd East Atlantic Flyway Youth Forum (EAFYF) took place on 9 and 10 July 2022 and focused on building youth capacity in project development and writing grant proposals.
14th July, 2022

Workshop evaluates trilateral cooperation between ports and green NGOs

On 29 June 2022, some Partnership Hub Shipping Project partners, in collaboration with the Wadden Seaports, organized an online workshop with representatives of ports and eNGOs from Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands.
13th July, 2022

Danish Centre for Wadden Sea Research established

In June 2022, Aarhus University took the initiative to establish the Danish Centre for Wadden Sea Research under the auspices of the Department of Ecoscience.
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.
30th June, 2022

Dutch Wadden Sea World Heritage partner programme honours its first "Ambassadeurs"

During the Day of the Wadden Sea (Dag van het wad) on 25 June the first Dutch "ambassadeurs" of the Wadden Sea World Heritage Site were honoured.
29th June, 2022

Common Wadden Sea Secretariat presents Wadden Sea issues at UN Ocean Conference

On 27 June 2022, Bernard Baerends, CWSS Executive Secretary, delivered a keynote at the High-Level Symposium on Water at the 2nd UN Ocean Conference in Lisbon, Portugal.
28th June, 2022

Call-out to Wadden Sea stakeholders: Please participate in brand survey

In an effort to gain insights on perceptions about the Wadden Sea World Heritage Brand, a Brand Audit to record the status quo is being conducted.
28th June, 2022

Waddenmars 2022: Dutch youth marches for Wadden Sea issues

On 24-26 June 2022, the first Wadden Sea March (Waddenmars) was held in the Netherlands. Nearly 30 young adults participated in this unique event in the Dutch Wadden Sea area.