News – latest Wadden Sea stories

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.

A lawyer by education, Anne-Marie Vægter Rasmussen has been working in the Danish Ministry of Environment for most of her career.

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).

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.

Visitor centres, private tour guides, and scientific organisations, and initiatives throughout the Wadden Sea provide an increasing choice of nighttime experiences for all ages.

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.

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.

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.

From 10 to 12 October 2023, the project partners of "MANABAS COAST" met in St. Malo, France to exchange their experiences with mainstreaming Nature-based Solutions (NbS).

Between 5 and 9 October, over 30 site managers from 23 World Heritage marine Sites met at the fifth edition of the UNESCO World Heritage Marine Managers Conference in Esbjerg, Denmark.

Over 400 participants met from 3 to 6 of October in Leeuwarden, the Netherlands, for the annual EUROPARC Conference.

The Common Wadden Sea Secretariat (CWSS), representing the Trilateral Wadden Sea Cooperation, actively participated in the event.