UNESCO released the first global scientific assessment of its World Heritage marine sites’ blue carbon ecosystems, highlighting the critical environmental value of these habitats.

On 16-17 February 2021, the second phase of an innovative rapid assessment, the Climate Vulnerability Index (CVI), was conducted for the Wadden Sea World Heritage property.

An interdisciplinary workhop with experts from the tourism sector and environmental education was held on communication the Wadden Sea's Outstanding Universal Value.

The online publication highlights some of the coping strategies and solutions developed by small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) in touristic nature areas.

18 to 25 January 2021, the Global Center on Climate Adaptation organised a Climate Adaptation Week that took place in Groningen, Netherlands.

The online publication covers stories of small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) on how they incorporate the responsibility of protecting the nature area around them into their enterprises.

About 395,000 breeding pairs of coastal breeding birds occur in the transnational Wadden Sea, of which 75% inhabit the islands and Halligen.

The masks show one of the iconic flying five: the oystercatcher.

With the start of 2021, Gerold Lüerßen, who helped built up the Trilateral Wadden Sea Cooperation in his 25 years of service, began his well-deserved retirement.

In January 2020 the third Total Count of the East Atlantic Flyway was organized. The now published compilation of national reports gives a first overview of the bird numbers counted in 32 countries along the Flyway.