15.02.2024 Wadden Sea states send report on the State of Conservation to World Heritage Centre In response to the World Heritage’s Committee Decision 45COM 7B.23 of September 2023, a report was sent to the World Heritage Centre. Read more
31.01.2024 New tourism project shifts focus to guests’ role in protecting nature In October 2023, the three-year Interreg project VaBene was launched with the goal of developing sustainable experience programmes. Read more
30.01.2024 Second Wadden Festival gave a sustainable adventure through Franeker On 25 January 2024, more than two hundred stakeholders of the Dutch Wadden Sea region came together for a day full of inspiration and networking at the Wadden Festival. Read more
22.01.2024 Janne Liburd bid farewell on occasion of the Wadden Sea Board’s 42nd meeting For more than 8 years, since 2015, Janne Liburd contributed to the Trilateral Wadden Sea Cooperation as WSB Member. Read more
10.01.2024 A few spots left for the Second Trilateral Swimway Conference Scheduled from 17-19 April 2024, in Groningen, Netherlands, the second Trilateral Swimway Conference is dedicated to understanding and preserving diverse fish life cycles in the world's largest tidal flats system. Read more
01.01.2024 Anne-Marie Vægter Rasmussen: "Important to understand the Wadden Sea as part of a bigger story" A lawyer by education, Anne-Marie Vægter Rasmussen has been working in the Danish Ministry of Environment for most of her career. Read more
04.12.2023 Wadden Sea Youth Weekend will bring together young adults in May 2024 As a next step towards a Trilateral Wadden Youth Network, a larger event will be held on 9 to 12 May 2024 on Schiermonnikoog (NL). Read more
28.11.2023 High schoolers present their climate action projects for World Heritage In the school year 2022-2023, in the Wadden Sea World Heritage Site, students from from Denmark, Germany, and the Netherlands learned about the challenges climate change poses on the Wadden Sea and developed their own projects. Read more
27.11.2023 New compilation presents rich overview of dark sky offers in the Wadden Sea Visitor centres, private tour guides, and scientific organisations, and initiatives throughout the Wadden Sea provide an increasing choice of nighttime experiences for all ages. Read more
15.11.2023 Wadden Sea educators celebrate 20 years of IWSS networking On 8-10 November 2023, the representatives of more than 20 visitor centres and the Wadden Sea Youth met on the East Frisian Island of Norderney for their annual trilateral workshop. Read more
07.11.2023 New book highlights 50 years of East Atlantic Flyway Conservation and Research In April 2023, a group of renowned researchers from nine countries met on the Wadden Sea Hallig Langeneß for the “East Atlantic Flyway Week”, organised by LT&C, WWF, and Schutzstation Wattenmeer. Read more
01.11.2023 Harbour seal counts in the Wadden Sea show decrease third year in a row The yearly pup counts of 2023 revealed a 10% increase in pup numbers, while the yearly count of all harbour seals during the moult decreased by 4% compared to 2022. Read more