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This page provides an overview and download possibility for all the documents related to the nomination of the Wadden Sea as a World Heritage site from 2008 to 2014.

In June 2014, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee decided to extend the Wadden Sea World Heritage site with the Danish part of the Wadden Sea and an additional German offshore part. The whole Wadden Sea is now a World Heritage property to be protected for the benefit of all mankind.

Statement of "Outstanding Universal Value" (June 2014): http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1314 and Download the Decision of the Committee (38th Session, June 2014). The Statement of OUV of 2009 (inscription of the Dutch and German Wadden Sea) can be downloaded here (33th Session of the World Heritage Committee, Seville, July 2009).

Rport on the State of Conservation of the World Heritage property "The Wadden Sea" (2016)

Report

State of Conservation Report 2016

Wadden Sea World Heritage Strategy 2014–2020
Strategy	Wadden Sea World Heritage Strategy 2014–2020
Roadmap	Road Map Wadden Sea World Heritage Strategy 2014–2020 (update February 2017)

Supplementary Information Extension Nomination (February 2014)
English	Supplementary Information (14 MB)
Maps	Property and Extension Nomination (3 MB)

Extension Denmark and Germany (January 2013)
Volume I	The Wadden Sea, Germany and Netherlands (N1314) - Extension Denmark and Germany (January 2013) (23 MB)
Volume II	Annexes The Wadden Sea, Germany and Netherlands (N1314) (43 MB)
Maps	Wadden Sea World Heritage maps (N1314) (ZIP 17 MB)
Application for Minor Boundary Modification Hamburg (January 2011)
Part 1	Application for Minor Boundary Modification Hamburg (4 MB)
Part 2	Annex with official documents (2 MB)
Maps	Wadden Sea World Heritage maps with minor boundary modification (ZIP 10 MB)
Supplementary Information (February 2009)
English	Supplementary Information (3 MB)
Deutsch	Ergänzende Informationen (3 MB)
Maps	Nominated Property The Wadden Sea (5 MB)
	Nominated Property Wadden Sea Coordinates Map (0.6 MB)
	Nominated Property Maps Overview (5 MB)
Final Nomination Dossier (January 2008) On 30 January 2008, the Nomination of the Dutch-German Wadden Sea as World Heritage Site was submitted to the World Heritage Center, UNESCO, Paris for inscription on the World Heritage List. The nomination dossier encompasses two volumes including maps. Volume one is the actual nomination of the Wadden Sea according to the format stipulated by the World Heritage Center. Three maps format A3 are attached to the nomination. They provide an overview of the nominated property "The Wadden Sea", the coordinates of the nominated property and the overview of the detailed maps. Volume two encompasses the annexes for the nomination such as expert statements, laws and regulations, Ministerial Declarations, bibliography etc
Volume 1	Nomination of the Dutch-German Wadden Sea as World Heritage Site (44 MB)
Volume 2	Annexes 1 - 24 (5 MB)
German Version with Annexes	Anmeldung des deutsch-niederländischen Wattenmeer als Weltnaturerbestätte (PDF 41 MB) Kapitel 1-2 Anmeldung des deutsch-niederländischen Wattenmeer als Weltnaturerbestätte (PDF 15 MB) Kapitel 3-6