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News – latest Wadden Sea stories

29th April, 2022

International Wadden Sea School publishes new identification guide for animal tracks on the mudflat

Find out who was here! With the new identification guide, traces of birds and mammals on the mudflats can be identified by means of transparent foils
28th April, 2022

New East Atlantic Flyway assessment report shows flyway trends of migratory waterbird populations

In January 2020, over 13,000 people counted migratory waterbirds at more than 1,000 sites in 36 countries along the East Atlantic Flyway.
25th April, 2022

Dutch volunteers of Wadden Sea World Heritage honored with UNESCO anniversary badge

On 14 April, Mayor Caroline van de Pol of Terschelling presented a World Heritage badge to three voluntary rangers.
19th April, 2022

PROWAD Link announces winners of North Sea Sustainable Development Challenge

After months of spreading the news about the North Sea Sustainable Innovation Challenge, three innovation bootcamps and a careful selection of the submissions, PROWAD Link has now announced the winners.
29th March, 2022

Literature on artificial light at night and the Wadden Sea World Heritage in review

A new scientific literature review looks at the known effect of artificial light at night on organisms and ecosystems in the Wadden Sea or similar habitats.
29th March, 2022

Workshop focused on dune and beach management effects on breeding birds

Experts discussed a basic framework for developing guidelines concerning the effective management of dunes and beaches and the improvement of breeding habitat conditions.
29th March, 2022

New project started at University of Groningen: Empty bottles help Wadden Sea World Heritage

Empty bottles help Wadden Sea World Heritage. How? The University of Groningen (RUG) now has collection points for plastic bottles at six locations, where users can dispose their empty bottles.
25th March, 2022

Sustainable enterprise and tourism insights at core of 3rd PROWAD Link Forum

On 22 March 2022, over 40 stakeholders from the Wadden Sea, Geiranger Fjord and North Norfolk Coast met online for the Third PROWAD Link Forum.
22nd March, 2022

Successful 4th Webinar of trilateral Community of Understanding Sediment Solutions

On 11 March, the 4th webinar of the trilateral Community of Understanding (CoU) Sediment Solutions was held online.
17th March, 2022

Short animation shows the importance of dune dynamics

The Programme towards a Rich Wadden Sea, together with the Province of Noord-Holland, Staatsbosbeheer and Rijkswaterstaat, prepared a short animation about the importance of dune dynamics.
17th March, 2022

Brainstorming, reflecting and collaborating at PROWAD LINK Innovation Bootcamp

On 15 March, PROWAD LINK hosted the first out of two free Innovation Bootcamps to help participants with their ideas before submitting to the North Sea Sustainable Innovation Challenge.
14th March, 2022

New faces joined the Wadden Sea Board at its 35th meeting

The 35th meeting of the Wadden Sea Board (WSB) was held online on 10 March 2022. A few new members were welcomed.