News – Neues aus der Wattenmeerregion

New national research into the awareness of UNESCO World Heritage shows that once again the Wadden Sea is the best-known World Heritage Site in the Netherlands.

The event aimed to support long-term scientific capacity along the flyway and explore how academic collaboration could be strengthened.

CWSS participated in the 9th Session of the Meeting of the Parties to the African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbird Agreement.

Insgesamt wurden 23,954 Seehunde gezählt; 10.044 Jungtiere wurden während der Wurfperiode im Juni beobachtet.

From 5–7 November, educators and interpreters from across the Wadden Sea gathered in Denmark for the annual IWSS workshop.

Vom 28. bis 30. Oktober 2025 versammelten sich mehr als 200 Wissenschaftler*innen aus Dänemark, Deutschland und den Niederlanden zum 16. Internationalen Wissenschaftlichen Wattenmeer-Symposium.

From 28 to 30 October 2025, more than 200 scientists from Denmark, Germany, and the Netherlands will gather in Groningen for the 16th International Scientific Wadden Sea Symposium (ISWSS).

The analysis raises both concern and encouragement for the future of bird conservation in the Wadden Sea.

To better understand and address urgent challenges around wetland management, a new EU-funded project was launched on 1 September 2025.

The INTERREG North Sea Programme project MANABAS COAST (MAinstreaming NAture BAsed Solutions through COASTal systems) is developing a framework for the widescale use of nature-based solutions (NbS).

Trotz umfangreicher Schutzbemühungen sind viele Brutvogelarten im Wattenmeer weiterhin von einem erheblichen Rückgang betroffen. Prädation gilt als eine der größten Bedrohungen.

From 18 to 29 September, the 2025 edition of the trilateral summer school immersed in the unique landscape of the Wadden Sea World Heritage Site.