31.08.2023 Experts express concern about biodiversity in the Wadden Sea More than 150 representatives from science, nature conservation, and politics met at Wadden Sea Day titled “Put the Wadden Sea’s Biodiversity on the path to recovery!” Read more
05.09.2023 - 06.09.2023 Interreg North Sea Project Darker Sky kick-off meeting Brest (France) Read more
08.08.2023 Cooperation along the East Atlantic Flyway deepened in workshop on key threats and possible solutions The Wadden Sea Flyway Initiative and its partners invited representatives from 15 flyway countries to a workshop in Dakar, Senegal, in July 2023. The aim was to discuss the key threats and possible solutions for migratory waterbird conservation along the East Atlantic Flyway. Read more
15.08.2023 CWSS-Oris partnership: Second Wadden Sea watch introduced at joint event on Fanø The Common Wadden Sea Secretariat (CWSS) announced the renewal of the partnership with the Swiss watch manufacturer Oris at this year’s annual event themed “Change for the better” that took place on the Danish Wadden Sea island of Fanø on the 11 to 14 August. Read more
03.08.2023 Freemantle Highway incident underlines relevance of Wadden Sea’s PSSA designation The Freemantle Highway has now been successfully towed to Eemshaven harbour. While the threat of an ecological catastrophe is not completely resolved, it has been reduced considerably. Read more
26.09.2023 - 28.09.2023 5th European Conference on Biodiversity and Climate Change: Riverine and Coastal Wetlands Bonn (D) Read more
31.07.2023 Education for Sustainable Development certificate confirms quality of IWSS offers Within the North German initiative "Norddeutsch und Nachhaltig - Mit Bildung Zukunft sichern" (NuN), the International Wadden Sea School (IWSS) has been re-certified as "Bildungspartner für Nachhaltigkeit" (educational partner for sustainable development). Read more
05.07.2023 Second Trilateral Swimway Conference confirmed for April 2024 and call for abstracts opened Focusing on applying scientific evidence to manage human impacts on fish life cycles, the conference approach is to balance the outcomes of the latest research on fish life cycles with contributions on the practical implementation of scientific findings to dedicated and effective conservation efforts. Read more
04.07.2023 Bernard Baerends: „Only by joined forces” Almost four years ago, in September 2019, Bernard Baerend took up the position as Executive Secretary of the Common Wadden Sea Secretariat (CWSS). Now, end of June, his term has come to an end, and he will return to the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Quality. Read more
