News – latest Wadden Sea stories

Held online on 3 March 2026, the meeting provided an opportunity to present the overall aims and approach of the project.

This international programme invites Bachelor’s and Master’s students to explore how sea level rise is reshaping the ecological and cultural values of the Wadden Sea.

The report compares trilateral vegetation data with high resolution geomorphological information.

The Steering Group of the project “Integrated Environmental Monitoring Framework for Coastal Wetlands Along the East Atlantic Flyway” (FLY2 Coastal Wetlands Project) met this week at the Maritime Museum in Hamburg’s historic Speicherstadt to review the progress on the project's framework development.

On 24 March 2026, representatives from Denmark, Germany, and the Netherlands discussed a joint approach to the EU Nature Restoration Regulation.

In the beginning of March, the Hamburg team around Bezirksamt Altona and Hamburg University of Applied Sciences welcomed partners of the Interreg North Sea Project DARKER SKY.

The trilateral Expert Group Breeding Birds has released an updated trend report on coastal breeding birds in the Wadden Sea.

The report provides important scientific insights and policy recommendations for protecting the Wadden Sea World Heritage Site at a time of accelerating environmental change.

If everything goes according to plan, construction is expected to begin this summer. 

The newly published methodological guidelines are the first step in ensuring adequate data availability for modelling climate impacts at the site level.

On 26-27 January 2026, experts and stakeholders from across the Wadden Sea region held a trilateral workshop in Wilhelmshaven as part of the update process of the Breeding Bird Action.

A new comprehensive report has been published assessing capacity for waterbird monitoring along the African part of the East Atlantic Flyway and proposing a framework for strengthening and sustaining this capacity for the future.