After ten days of learning about the Wadden Sea World Heritage Site, the trilateral summer school is coming to an end.

Today, 18 Bachelor’s, Master’s, and PhD students from the Wadden Sea countries and abroad started a ten-day summer school.

The East Atlantic Flyway Youth Forum is establishing itself as an annual activity to connect young conservationists and activists from along the flyway.

Representing the Trilateral Wadden Sea Cooperation (TWSC), Soledad Luna (Common Wadden Sea Secretariat) and Anja Szczesinski (WWF Germany) were invited.

Over 40 participants joined the Wadden Youth Weekend which took place on Schiermonnikoog from 9 to 12 of May 2024.

The Netherlands and Germany have invested 15 million euros in five research projects that will study the relation between sediment, ecology, human co-use, flood safety and effective protection and management in the Wadden Sea.