34th meeting of the Wadden Sea Board held online
The 34th meeting of the Wadden Sea Board was held online on 18 November 2021. Chaired by Karin Lochte and facilitated by the Common Wadden Sea Secretariat, the three national delegations of Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands as well as advisors from the Wadden Sea Forum and the NGOs Danish Ornithological Society, It Fryske Gea and WWF discussed the implementation of the Leeuwarden Declaration. Specific attention was paid to the youth involvement and the setting up of a Youth Conference by CWSS's new project officer Simone Prestes Dürrnagel. Other topics included the Trilateral Monitoring and Assessment Programme, on the status of which a workshop will be held in January. a general discussion about the next Trilateral Governmental Conference to be held in autumn in Wilhelmshaven and the shared understanding to act on issues such as climate change effects and biodiversity loss.
The next Wadden Sea Board meeting is scheduled for 10 March 2022.