In the past five years, the number of grey seal pups in this region has shown an average annual growth rate of 13 percent, while the number of adult animals counted during the moult grew by 12 percent annually.

Vadehavet kan yde et værdifuldt bidrag til vores udfordringer med klima, forurening og tab af biodiversitet: Vadehavet er et naturligt og artsrigt økosystem, hvis typiske habitat spiller en vigtig rolle i forbindelse med kulstofbinding. Ved siden af dets enestående universelle værdi er det endnu en grund til at beskytte det for nuværende og fremtidige generationer.

On 27 October 2022, an evaluation workshop organised by the Lower Saxon Wadden Sea National Park Authority took place with regional stakeholders.

Harbour seals, the most well-known seal species in the Wadden Sea, are monitored annually through aerial surveys that cover the entire Wadden Sea World Heritage site and the island of Helgoland.

The UNESCO World Heritage Centre in Paris is conducting a global citizen science initiative on environmental DNA (eDNA) sampling in the UNESCO World Heritage marine sites.