Tell me about it
The Wadden Sea World Heritage Site
The Wadden Sea is a huge wild habitat in Europe - and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. But why? What are the criteria? And why are integrity and protection so important? Children can often explain things much better than adults. Here, children from the Norderney Biosphere School explain it to you.
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Clip 1: Waves and wind. Ebb and flood. Always in motion. |
Sand and salt. Mudflats and sea. Where specialists live. |
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Diversity in the mud. Bursting with life. A vital refuge for birds. |
Wild and wide. Connected by nature. The largest mudflats in the world. |
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Three countries. One shared task: Protect the Wadden Sea. |
O U What?!
The Outstanding Universal Value (OUV) is an important concept of UNESCO. It describes the special cultural or natural significance of a place that is recognised worldwide. Such a place is unique and important for the whole world, not just for a single country. To be recognised as a World Heritage Site, a location must meet at least one of ten criteria. It must also be authentic (for cultural heritage sites) or well preserved (for natural heritage sites) and protected in the long term. More
Imprint
The Wadden Sea World Heritage Explainer Clips are a project by WWF Germany in cooperation with the Common Wadden Sea Secretariat and with the support of the Wadden Sea National Park Authorities of Lower Saxony, Hamburg, and Schleswig-Holstein.
We would like to thank all our committed partners, the fantastic production team and especially the wonderful children from Norderney Primary School for making this possible.
TEAM for all Clips
Idea & realisation: Martin D'Costa & Valentin Holch
Editorial support: Annika Bostelmann (CWSS), Alina Claussßen (LKN.SH), Anja Szczesinski (WWF Germany)
A dschungelfilm production in cooperation with win win Film © 2024
FUNDING NOTE
The Explainer Clips were produced as part of the WWF project ‘What makes the Wadden Sea so valuable: Understanding and communicating the “Outstanding Universal Value” of the UNESCO Wadden Sea World Heritage Site’ and funded by the BINGO environmental lottery in Schleswig-Holstein.
