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A group of students walking in a row along narrow path through dunes with colourful vegetation.
27.03.2026

Application to Wadden Sea World Heritage Summer School 2026 now open

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.

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Salt marsh and tidal creek.
27.03.2026

New study investigates how geomorphology shapes salt marsh diversity in the Wadden Sea

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

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A group of students walking in a row along narrow path through dunes with colourful vegetation.
17.08.2026 - 28.08.2026

Wadden Sea World Heritage Summer School 2026

Lauwersoog (NL) & Wilhelmshaven (D)

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27.08.2026

Wadden Sea Day 2026

Wilhelmshaven (D)

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Two people kneeling on a mudflat focusing on details on surface.
12.02.2026

Synthesis Report of the 16th International Scientific Wadden Sea Symposium Published

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

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Sjon de Haan standing on stage with a microphone.
10.12.2025

The Wadden Sea: The Best-Known World Heritage Site in the Netherlands

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.

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Participants of the ISWSS photographed from a higher angle.
30.10.2025

The Wadden Sea in Transition: Scientists Meet in Groningen to Address Cumulative Pressures and Conservation Challenges

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

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Two young women kneeling on a mudflat focusing on details on surface.
28.10.2025

Scientists Meet in Groningen to Address Cumulative Pressures on the Wadden Sea

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).

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Aerial image of a straight dike line with fields and settlements on left and saltmarsh on right.
01.07.2025

Registration now open to ISWSS and Wadden Sea Day

Practitioners, scientists, policy-makers, conservation managers and non-governmental organisations are now invited to register for the International Scientific Wadden Sea Symposium and the Wadden Sea Day.

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A boy looking through a microscope in an exhibition space. © Tjeerd Visser.
29.04.2025

New Wadden Sea World Heritage visitor centre in Lauwersoog open

This weekend the doors officially opened to the new Werelderfgoedcentrum Waddenzee (WEC) in Lauwersoog.

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