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08. January 2019
220 containers have been located with sonar in the North Sea. Another 18 container have reached the Dutch coast. One washed ashore in Germany. 42 containers have not been found yet. ...
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30. November 2018
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. ...
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19. November 2018
On 13 November 2018, the Wadden Sea Board (WSB 27) was held in Copenhagen. ...
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16. November 2018
What are the impacts of marine litter on UNESCO World Heritage marine sites and what countermeasures can be taken to address the issue? To answer these questions, World Heritage marine managers and marine litter experts from 11 different nations joined forces. ...
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01. November 2018
The Trilateral Seal Expert Group (TSEG) published report “Aerial surveys of Harbour Seals in the Wadden Sea in 2018”. ...
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Publications
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Overview of the milestones of four decades of the Trilateral Wadden Sea Cooperation.
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The Leeuwarden Declaration, signed at the 13th Trilateral Governmental Conference in Leeuwarden, Netherlands, on 18 May 2018, contains key points for the 2018-2022 period of the Trilateral Cooperation on the Protection of the Wadden Sea.
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Results of waterbird and wetland monitoring in the East Atlantic Flyway.
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The report offers greater insight into the ebb tidal deltas of the trilateral Wadden Sea ecosystem.
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In the report, Task Group Climate (TG-C) evaluated the trilateral climate change adaptation strategy.
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Wadden Sea Ecosystem No. 37. The Joint Monitoring of Migratory Birds (JMMB) Group presents 25- and 10-year trends on 34 migratory bird species up to 2013/2014. Trends of 10 sub-species are included in the progress report.
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This framework proposes several specific management measures to improve the breeding success of birds in the Wadden Sea.
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Wadden Sea Ecosystem No. 36. Results of the monitoring of breeding success in the Wadden Sea 2009-2012. The report is an important addition to the monitoring of numbers and distribution of breeding birds. The presented results allow detection of the causes for changes in numbers and can be more directly linked to management measures.
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Strategy on gathering monitoring data, data handling and assessment of environmental conditions and provision of a practical manual for coordinators and fieldworkers.
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Framework and programme outline for Wadden Sea and other populations
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This report of the Wadden Sea Flyway Initiative (WSFI) gives an assessment of trends and waterbird population sizes based on the total winter count along the whole East Atlantic Flyway in 2014.
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Further prioritization of activities and identification of key players. This report proposes ten projects suitable for taking forward the objectives of WSFI.
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Wadden Sea Ecosystem No. 35. The progress report shows trends in the mean annual population size and trends in the Wadden Sea and the four regions Denmark, Schleswig-Holstein, Lower Saxony and the Netherlands. For the first time, trends in the numbers of breeding birds in seven regions of the Wadden Sea were also calculated.
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Wadden Sea Ecosystem No. 34. The Joint Monitoring of Migratory Birds (JMMB) Group presents 25- and 10-year trends on 34 migratory bird species up to 2011/2012. For the first time trends of 10 sub-species are included in the progress report.
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Wadden Sea Ecosystem No. 32. In this progress report the Joint Monitoring Breeding Bird group (JMBB) is presenting trends of 26 breeding bird species in the Wadden Sea for the years 1991-2009. For the first time a summary of trends as indicators for habitats and food choice are presented. Additionally an overview of the population development of 7 rare breeding bird species is given.
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Wadden Sea Ecosystem No.33. Dynamic Islands in the Wadden Sea. Small uninhabited islands are still demonstrating the dynamic geological processes in the Wadden Sea. In the presented WSE the authors are illustrating with a wide variety of aspects the dynamics of 7 small Wadden Sea islands.
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The WSFI developed a concept as basis for decisions in planning future project sand activities. The concept is based on the WSFI Plan of Actions and experiences made in the WSFI projects 2012-2014.
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The 12th Trilateral Danish-German-Dutch Government Conference on the Protection of the Wadden Sea was held in the town of Tønder, Denmark on 4-5 February 2014.
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Wadden Sea Ecosystem No.32. Synopsis with a comprehensive overview about the existing vegetation types of salt marshes and dunes in the Wadden Sea region by the expert group Salt Marsh & Dunes of the Trilateral Monitoring and Assessment Programme (TMAP). Version 1.0.4, 15 August 2017.
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Annex to the Tønder Declaration, the Trilateral Climate Change Adaptation Strategy (CCAS) was adopted on 5 February 2018.
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Trends are shown for the international Wadden Sea, The Netherlands, Niedersachsen, Schleswig-Holstein, and Denmark. For the first time summary trends according to the indicators food, feeding habitats, breeding and wintering range were calculated. Wadden Sea Ecosystem No. 31. Common Wadden Sea Secretariat, Wilhelmshaven, Germany.
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In the past almost all the West European Shelducks moulted in the German part of the Wadden Sea, where they have been systematically counted, and reached up to 200,000 birds since the late 1980s. In the last years about a quarter of the moulting Shelducks in the Wadden Sea shifted from the German to the Dutch part of the Wadden Sea for yet unknown reasons. In order to conduct a systematic monitoring of the Shelduck, which is a Natura 2000 species, in addition to German counts the presented study recommends trilaterally harmonized counts also in the Wadden Sea in the Netherlands and Denmark, if possible, combined with summer counts of (moulting) Eider.
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The decrease of 2/3 relevant breeding bird species in the Wadden Sea was the reason why bird experts and conservation managers of Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands came together at the international Wadden Sea workshop “Breeding Birds in Trouble†in Wilhelmshaven on 18 April 2013. The workshop aimed to identify the most pressing issues, discuss causes and to offer possible strategies.
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Published by Waddenacademie. Karsten Reise delivered a keynote lecture entitled ‘Turning tides: A natural history of the Wadden Sea’ at the 13th International Scientific Wadden Sea Symposium held on 21 November 2012 in Leeuwarden. This publication gives a brief summary of the knowledge Reise has acquired during his scientific career. The preface was written by Jens Enemark, Secretary of the CWSS.
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The Dutch Wadden Academy and the Common Wadden Sea Secretariat have published the brochure â€The Wadden Sea Region. A World Class Cultural Landscapeâ€. The booklet is a summary of an analysis which was made earlier on how significant the cultural landscape of the Wadden Sea Region is compared to similar areas around the world. The conclusion of the analysis is that the landscape and cultural heritage is unparalleled world wide. The analysis is now made available to a broader audience through this attractive and abundantly illustrated booklet.
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Wadden Sea Ecosystem No.30 Trend, Phenology, Distribution and Climate Aspects.
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Report on the Pilot Study 2008 – 2010.
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Quality Status Report. Wim J. Wolff, Jan P. Bakker, Karsten Laursen, Karsten Reise, 2010. The Wadden Sea Quality Status Report - Synthesis Report 2010. Wadden Sea Ecosystem No. 29. Common Wadden Sea Secretariat, Wilhelmshaven, Germany, page 25 - 74.
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Wadden Sea Ecosystem No. 29 - 2010. Karsten Reise, Martin Baptist, Peter Burbridge, Norbert Dankers, Ludwig Fischer, Burghard Flemming, Albert P. Oost, Cor Smit, 2010. Wadden Sea Ecosystem No. 29. Common Wadden Sea Secretariat, Wilhelmshaven, Germany
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Wadden Sea Ecosystem No. 28 CPSL Third Report. The role of spatial planning and sediment in coastal risk management.
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11th Trilateral Governmental Conference on the Protection of the Wadden Sea
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The Trilateral Wadden Sea Plan (WSP) is the common policy and management plan for the protection and sustainable management of the Wadden Sea Area. It is also the common management plan for the Wadden Sea World Heritage Site. A unique and basic feature of the Wadden Sea Plan is that it aims at achieving the full scala of habitats, which belong to a natural and dynamic Wadden Sea.
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Wadden Sea Ecosystem No. 27 - 2009.
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Wadden Sea Ecosystem No. 26 - 2010. Proceedings of the 12th International Scientific Wadden Sea Symposium, 30 March - 3 April 2009 in Wilhelmshaven, Germany.
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Wadden Sea Ecosystem No. 25 - 2009. Marencic, H. & de Vlas, J. (Eds), 2009. Quality Status Report 2009. Wadden Sea Ecosystem 25. Trilateral Monitoring and Assessment Group, Common Wadden Sea Secretariat, Wilhelmshaven, Germany.
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Wadden Sea Ecosystem No. 23 - 2007. Proceedings of the International Workshop on 31 August 2006 in Wilhelmshaven, Germany.
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The brochure explains the project via providing a background, aims, content and outcomes of this endeavour, and also touches on the new working relationship with The Wash area of the UK.
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Project LancewadPlan 2004 - 2007. A draft integrated strategy to preserve, maintain and develop the cultural landscape and heritage in the Wadden Sea Region. Elaborated by the project LancewadPlan (Integrated Landscape and Cultural Heritage Management and Development Plan for the Wadden Sea Region) co-fi nanced by the EU Interreg IIIB North Sea Programme
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This page provides an overview and download possibility for all the documents related to the nomination of the Wadden Sea as a World Heritage site from 2008 to 2014.
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Conclusions and Recommendations from the Trilateral Workshop on Pacific Oyster invasion in the Wadden Sea (22 March 2007). Interreg IIIB - HARBASINS Project
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The Trilateral Wadden Sea Cooperation has been subject to an external evaluation by Dr. Mike Moser and Dr. Andy Brown.
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Wadden Sea Ecosystem No. 22 - 2006. Results of the total survey in 2001 and trends in numbers between 1991 - 2001.
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Wadden Sea Ecosystem No. 21 - 2005. CPSL 2005. Coastal Protection and Sea Level Rise. Solutions for Sustainable Coastal Protection in the Wadden Sea Region.
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The 10th Trilateral Governmental Conference on the Protection of the Wadden Sea
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Wadden Sea Ecosystem No. 20 - 2005. Blew, J. and Südbeck, P. (Eds.) 2005. Migratory Waterbirds in the Wadden Sea 1980 – 2000. Wadden Sea Ecosystem No. 20. Common Wadden Sea Secretariat, Trilateral Monitoring and Assessment Group, Joint Monitoring Group of Migratory Birds in the Wadden Sea, Wilhelmshaven, Germany.
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Wadden Sea Ecosystem No. 19 - 2005. K. Essink, C. Dettmann, H. Farke, K. Laursen, G. Lüerßen, H. Marencic, W. Wiersinga (Eds.).
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Evaluation of TMAP Data Handling for the Trilateral Wadden Sea Cooperation. Prepared by The Orbis Institute Ottawa, Canada, September
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Wadden Sea Ecosystem No. 18 - 2004. Recent Spatial and Temporal Trends. Seabirds at Risk? Effects of Environmental Chemicals on Reproductive Success and Mass Growth of Seabirds Breeding at the Wadden Sea in the Mid 1990s.
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Wadden Sea Ecosystem No. 17 - 2002. Proceedings Texel Symposium November 2002: "Management of North Sea and Grey Seal Populations".
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The Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) agreed to designate major parts of the Dutch, German and Danish Wadden Sea as a Particularly Sensitive Sea Area (PSSA).
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Wadden Sea Ecosystem No. 16 - 2003. A Review of Bird Distribution, Protection Regimes and Potential Sources of Anthropogenic Disturbance.
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An Overview of Policies for Shellfish Fishing in the Wadden Sea. CWSS, 2002. Shellfish Fisheries. An Overview of Policies for Shellfish Fishing in the Wadden Sea. Common Wadden Sea Secretariat, Wilhelmshaven, Germany.
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The report analyzed the consequences of the Habitat Directive for the monitoring program (TMAP) and the reporting procedure in the Wadden Sea 2001.
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Feasibility Study on the Nomination of the Wadden Sea a Particularly Sensitive Sea Area (PSSA) - May 2001. By the Southampton Institute May/July 2001
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The Ninth Trilateral Governmental Conference on the Protection of the Wadden Sea
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Wadden Sea Ecosystem No. 15. TSEG-plus Report March/June 2001 "Evaluation of the status of the Common and Grey Seal population in the Wadden Sea".
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Wadden Sea Ecosystem No. 14 - 2001. Wadden Sea Specific Eutrophication Criteria.
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Wadden Sea Ecosystem No. 13 - 2001 Final Report of the Trilateral Working Group on Coastal Protection and Sea Level Rise
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Wadden Sea Ecosystem No. 12 - 2001. Landscape and Cultural Heritage in the Wadden Sea Region - Project Report.
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Wadden Sea Ecosystem No. 11 - 2001. Spatial and Temporal Trends 1991 - 2000.
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Wadden Sea Ecosystem No. 10 - 2000. Results of a total survey in 1996 and of numbers of colony breeding species between 1991 and 1996.
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A Feasibility Study for the Trilateral Wadden Sea Cooperation/Common Wadden Sea Secretariat, September 2000 by Prof. Peter R. Burbridge.
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Practical course at the Common Wadden Sea Secretariat
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Summary, conclusions and recommendations of the international flyway workshop Wilhelmshaven, Germany, March 22-23, 2011
