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Agenda Item: 5.10

Subject: Wadden Sea Day

Document No. WSB 17/5.10/1

Date: 27 May 2016

Submitted by: CWSS / NPA Lower Saxony__________________________________________________________________________

Attached is an overview of Wadden Sea Days, held so far, as requested by WSB16

Proposal: The meeting is invited to note the information

Wadden Sea Board

WSB 17 22 June 2016

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WSB 17/5.10/1 Wadden Sea Days 2

WADDEN SEA DAYS. THE FIRST DECADE

Background

The first “Wadden Sea Day” was held on 31 August 2006 on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Wadden Sea National Park of Lower Saxony. In that year joint activities between partners of the National Park Administration were conducted. On a trilateral level an international workshop was jointly organized by the Common Wadden Sea Secretariat and the Lower Saxonian National Park Administration, addressing the theme “Seriously declining trends in migratory waterbirds. Causes – Concerns – Consequences.” (see Wadden Sea Ecosystem No. 23, 2007). In 2007 the term “Wadden Sea Day” was coined as a consequence of this successful first workshop.

In the following years such events were continually organised, always on the last Thursday of August. The themes were selected by the CWSS and the NPA on the basis of their interest for Wadden Sea conservation and management, as well as topicality. All events were jointly organised by the CWSS and the NPA with changing lead organizations. All WSDs were held in the Wattenmeerhaus in Wilhelmshaven with the exception of the WSD 2014, which took place in the Columbia Hotel.

Annex 1 provides an overview of Wadden Sea Days and themes, as well as the full programmes.

Interest and Impact

The interest in the Wadden Sea Days has been high throughout the past ten years. On average some 100 persons participated. The Wadden Sea Day 2014, dedicated to the farewell of Jens Enemark, was exceptional in that more than 200 persons were present.

Depending on the subject discussed, the WSDs have had considerable impact and positive side-effects, as well as good press coverage.

The first and second WSDs, for example, have delivered important input to the 2009 Quality Status Report. The 2010 WSD, dedicated to alien species management, was the start of the work on a trilateral alien species strategy, while the 2011 WSD, addressing fish conservation issues, gave impetus to the implementation of the trilateral Fish Targets.

Financing

The Wadden Sea Days have been financed by either the CWSS or the NPA. Support was also received from the German federal Ministry for the Environment (BMUB) and/or the Lower Saxonian Environment Ministry. The average budget was some 2500 Euros. The 2014 WSD had a special budget of 25.000 Euros.


Annex 1. Wadden Sea Days 2007 – 2016

WSD #

Date Theme

1 31 August 2006 Seriously declining trends in migratory waterbirds[on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the National Park Wadden Sea Lower Saxony]

2 30 August 2007 The Wadden Sea Ecosystem and Climate Change.[on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the CWSS]

3 28 August 2008 Dune management in the Wadden Sea

4 27 August 2009 The Wadden Sea: New developments new perspectives - new links

5 26 August 2010 Neobiota in the Wadden Sea: Challenges for Nature Conservation

6 25 August 2011 Fish in the Wadden Sea: Exploring an Unknown World

7 30 August 2012 Energy Transition in the Wadden Sea. Challenges towards a climate-friendly and sustainable Wadden Sea region

8 29 August 2013 Salt Marshes: Our Heritage between Land and Sea

9 28 August 2014 Wadden Sea World Heritage - challenging the global dimension. 35 years of trilateral Wadden Sea cooperation[on the occasion of the farewell of Jens Enemark]

10 27 August 2015 Marine Mammals in the Wadden Sea[On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of Wadden Sea Seals Agreement]

11 26 August 2016 The Wadden Sea – Save harbour for birds?Wadden Sea and East Atlantic flyway in view of management and cooperation[On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the National Park Wadden Sea Lower Saxony]


Seriously Declining Trends in Migratory Waterbirds

Causes Concerns - Consequences

WORKSHOPAugust 31, 2006

Wilhelmshaven, Germany

11:00 WELCOMEPeter Südbeck - Head of the National ParkAdministration, Wadden Sea of Lower SaxonyLutz Stratmann - Minister of Science and Culture, Lower SaxonyElsa Nickel - Chair of the Trilateral Wadden SeaCooperation

LECTURES11:30 Jan Blew -Joint Monitoring Group of Migratory

Birds in the Wadden Sea, Hannover, FRG: Actual Trends in Waterbird Populations in the International Wadden Sea 1992-2004 - an Update of the Recent Assessment

12:10 Christoph Zöckler - UNEP World ConservationMonitoring Center, Cambridge, UK:Recent Changes in the Arctic Breeding Areas andAlong the Migration Route

12:50 13:45 LUNCH

13:45 Franz Bairlein & Klaus-Michael Exo - Institute ofAvian Research, Wilhelmshaven, FRG:Climate Change: Correlations Between Climatic Scenarios and Bird Population Developments in the Wadden Sea

14:25 Theunis Piersma - University of Groningen, NL: Feeding Ecology of Waterbirds in the WaddenSea: Is the Wadden Sea the Bottleneck for Birds feeding on Shellfish or Worm?

15:05 - 15:20 BREAK

15:20 Jesper Madsen - National EnvironmentalResearch Institute -NERI, DK:Case Studies on Disturbance of Waterbirds:Can they explain Actual Trends in Populations?

16:00 General DiscussionModeration: Hermann Hötker -Wader StudyGroup

17:00 CLOSURE


The Wadden Sea Ecosystem andClimate Change

30. August 2007: 9:30 – 17:00Nationalparkzentrum „Das Wattenmeerhaus“

WilhelmshavenOrganized by the Common Wadden Sea Secretariat in cooperation with

the Wadden Sea National Park Lower Saxony

PROGRAMConference Chair: Elsa Nickel - Director Department Nature, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Protection and Nuclear Safety, Bonn, FRG

9:30 Opening statement by Astrid Klug - Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Protection and Nuclear Safety, Bonn, FRG

9:50 Welcome addresses:

Hans-Heinrich Sander - Minister of the Environment Niedersachsen,Eberhard Menzel - Lord Major of Wilhelmshaven

Part 1: Impacts of climate change10:05 Burghard Flemming - Senckenberg Research Institute, Wilhelmshaven,

FRG: Impact on morphodynamics.

10:40 – 11:10 Break / Press Conference

11:10 Morten Pejrup - University of Copenhagen, DK: Sea level rise and sedimentation processes.

11:45 Eric Epping - Nederlands Instituut voor Onderzoek der Zee (NIOZ), Texel, NL: Impacts on ecosystem processes (microbiology, remineralization, primary production).

12:20 Katja Philippart - NIOZ, Texel, NL: Impacts on habitats and species.

12:55 – 13:55 Lunch

Part 2: Adaptation to climate change13:55 Jacobus Hofstede - Ministerium für Landwirtschaft, Umwelt und ländliche

Räume, Kiel, FRG: Coastal protection adaptation strategies.

14:30 Albert Oost - Rijksinstituut voor Kust en Zee, Haren, NL: How to enhance the resilience of the Wadden Sea to climate change?

14:55 Karsten Reise - Alfred-Wegener-Institute, Sylt, FRG: Nature protection adaptation strategies.

15:30 – 16:00 Break


Part 3: Plenary discussion 16:00 A trilateral approach to climate change adaptation: Inventory of policy relevant

research issues and investigation of necessary changes to nature and coastal protection management.

Statement by Hans-Ulrich Rösner - WWF

Moderation: Franciscus Colijn - GKSS Research Center, Geesthacht, FRG

17:00 Closing

17:30 Reception on the occasion of the 20th Anniversary of the Common Wadden Sea Secretariat


Trilateral Conference on Dune Management in the

Wadden SeaWilhelmshaven

“Das Wattenmeerhaus” Südstrand 110b28 August 2008

10:30 – 16:30Organized by the National Park Administration Wadden Sea Lower Saxony

and the Common Wadden Sea Secretariat (CWSS)

PROGRAM

10:00 – 10:30 Registration / tea and coffee

1. Welcome and Introduction

10:30 – 10:45: Ms. Elsa Nickel (Federal Environmental Ministry, Bonn) (chairperson): OpeningWelcome addresses: Peter Südbeck (Head of the National Park Lower Saxon Wadden Sea), Jens Enemark (Head of the Common Wadden Sea Secretariat)

2. Biodiversity

10:45 – 11:15 Jörg Petersen (nature-consult, D): An overview of dunes and dune slacks in the Wadden Sea region with special focus on ecology, nature conservation and distribution of dune slacks

11:15 – 11:45 Axel Hochkirch (Uni Trier, D): Biodiversity and conservation of coastal dune fauna

11:45 – 12:15 Pat Doody (National Coastal Consultants, Brampton, UK): Management challenges of dunes in a European perspective

12:15 – 13:15 Lunch

3. Management challenges

13:15 – 13:40 Evert Jan Lammerts (Staatsbosbeheer, Groningen, NL), Albert Oost (Deltares, NL) & Ab Grootjans (Uni Groningen): Concepts for management to increase dune dynamics in the Dutch Wadden Sea (OK)

13:40 – 14:05 Ab Grootjans (Uni Groningen, NL), Jörg Petersen & Evert Jan Lammerts: Hydrology of dune slack and its management: examples from Dutch and German Wadden Sea islands

14:05 – 14:35 Coffee break

14:35 – 15:00 Knud Erik Nielsen (NERI, DK) New invading species in Danish dune habitats

15:00 – 15.25 Bas Arens (Duinonderzoek, NL) Coastal defence and dune management

4. Perspectives for dune management

15:25 – 16:15 Discussion chaired by Holger Freund, ICBM, University of Oldenburg

future perspective for dune management in the Wadden Sea recommendation for research, monitoring, and management


16:30 Closing


Trilateral Conference on The Wadden Sea: New developments

new perspectives - new linksWilhelmshaven

“Das Wattenmeerhaus” Südstrand 110b27 August 200910:30 – 16:30 h

Organized by the Common Wadden Sea Secretariat (CWSS) and the National Park Administration Wadden Sea Lower Saxony)

FINAL PROGRAM (version 21.08.2009)


Welcome and Introduction10:30 – 11:00 Opening: Elsa Nickel (Federal Environmental Ministry, Bonn)

Welcome address: Stefan Birkner (State Secretary, Environmental Ministry Lower Saxony),Introductory statements: Peter Burbridge (UK) & Jens Enemark (Common Wadden Sea Secretariat)

11:00 – 11:25 Elsa Nickel (Federal Environmental Ministry, Bonn): Thirty years of Trilateral Cooperation – achievements and new perspectives

11:25 – 11:50 Herman Verheij (Wadden Society/Seas at Risk & WWF): 40 years NGO work for the Wadden Sea – from Statements of Concern to Our Common Future to new perspectives

11:50 – 12:15 John Frederiksen (Ministry of the Environment, Ribe Environment Center, Denmark) The Danish Wadden Sea National Park – new approaches in management and protection

12:15 – 13:10 Lunch

13:10 – 13:35 Ib Huysman (Stichting Natuurschool/Natureschool Foundation, The Netherlands).”You must be crazy to travel for miles to watch a mudplain”! The Wadden Sea needs truly, innovative concepts to keep attracting and captivating the wide public (it deserves it)!

13:35 – 14:00 Søren Rask Jessen (Ministry of the Environment, Forest and Nature Agency, Denmark). “My Wadden Sea” – environmental education in the Danish Wadden Sea”

14:00 – 14:25 Constanze Höfinghoff (Nordse-Tourismus-Service, GmbH, Germany): Tourism and marketing perspectives of the World Heritage Site


14:55 - 15:20 Sidi Mohamed Ould Moine (Parc National Banc d’Arguin) The Atlantic – East African flyway – protection and management in the Banc d’Arguin National Park

15:20 – 15:45 Julia M Pulman (Dorset County Council, UK) Helping Visitors Enjoy the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site

15:45 – 16:30 Discussion: Future perspective to for management and protection & recommendation for joint activities on communication, tourism, and flyway cooperation

16:30 – 18:00 Reception

Following Friday, 28.8.09:


Internal World Heritage Workshop with stakeholders (on invitation only, 9:00 h – 15:30 h)


Trilateral Conference on Neobiota in the Wadden Sea:

Challenges for Nature ConservationWilhelmshaven

"Das Wattenmeerhaus” Südstrand 110b26 August 201010:30 – 16:30 h

Organized by National Park Administration Wadden Sea Lower Saxony & Common Wadden Sea

Secretariat

PROGRAM


Welcome and Introduction

10:30 – 10:50 Welcome address: Peter Südbeck (National Park Lower Saxon Wadden Sea),Opening: Peter Ilsøe (Chair of the Trilateral Wadden Sea Cooperation)

10:50 – 11:10 Christian Buschbaum (Alfred-Wegener-Institut für Polar- und Meeresforschung): Are tidal flats swamped by non-native species?

11:10 – 11:30 Arjan Gittenberger (GiMaris): Neobiota in the Dutch Wadden Sea

11:30 – 11:50 Achim Wehrmann (Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, Department of Marine Science): Bioinvasion of the Pacific Oyster in the Wadden Sea? Colonization, Distribution and Ecology

11:50 – 12:45 Lunch

12:45 – 13:05 Per Dolmer (Technical University of Denmark, National Institute for Aquatic Resources): Pacific oyster in the Danish Wadden Sea: Impacts of different management strategies on the ecosystem

13:05 – 13:25 Kerstin Stelzer (Brockmann Consult): Ballast Water Risk Index - a tool for assessing the risk of ballast water exchange in the North Sea

13:25 – 13:45 Helene Nyegaard Hvid (Danish Ministry of the Environment, Forest and Nature Agency):Presentation of the NOBANIS gateway on invasive alien species and the development of a European Early Warning and Rapid Response System


14:15 – 14:35 Jeroen Wijsman (IMARES):Risk evaluation and management of introducing exotic species with mussel transfer

14:35 – 14:55 Hein Sas (Programme Towards a Rich Wadden Sea): Mussel transition in the Dutch Wadden Sea and invasive species risks of mussel transports

14:55 – 15:15 Rainer Borcherding (Schutzstation Wattenmeer): BeachExplorer – a concept to monitor changes in marine biodiversity



15:30 – 16:30 Discussion: Chair Norbert Dankers (IMARES)

16:30 End of SymposiumWadden Sea Day 2011

Fish in the Wadden Sea:Exploring an Unknown World

Wilhelmshaven"Das Wattenmeerhaus” Südstrand 110b

25 August 201110:30 – 16:30 h

Organized by Common Wadden Sea Secretariat & National Park Administration Wadden Sea Lower

Saxony

FINAL PROGRAM (24 AUGUST 2011)10:00 – 10:30 Registration / tea and coffeeWelcome and Introduction10:30 – 10:50 Jens Enemark (Common

Wadden Sea Secretariat)Opening

Peter Südbeck (National Park Lower Saxon Wadden Sea)

Welcome address

Bent Rasmussen (Danish Nature Agency)

Introduction to the Workshop

Session Status and Legislation10:50 – 11:20 Moritz Pockberger / Harald

Asmus(AWI, Wadden Sea Station Sylt)

Significance of Fish for Food Webs in the Wadden Sea

11:20 – 11:40 Zwanette Jager (ZiltWater) First Trilateral Analysis of Fish in the Wadden Sea - Future Needs for Harmonized Assessment

11:40 – 12:00 Jörg Scholle / Bastian Schuchardt (BioConsult)

Status of the Anadromous Twaite Shad (Alosa fallax) in Wadden Sea Estuaries – Assessment According to EU Directives

12:00 – 12:20 Discussion session 112:20 – 13:20 Lunch

Session Monitoring and Research13:20 – 13:40 Volker Siegel (vTI, Institute of

Sea Fisheries)Demersal Young Fish Survey – Long-term Development of Shrimp and Fish Populations

13:40 – 14:00 Ralf Vorberg (Marine Science Services)

20 Years Exploring an Unknown World - Fish-Monitoring in the Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea

14:00 – 14:20 Vania Freitas / Henk van der Veer (NIOZ)

Long term changes in the fish community of the western Wadden Sea: How important is climate change?

14:20 – 14:40 Discussion session 214:40 – 15:10 Coffee break

Session Management and Policy15:10 – 15:30 Hans Ole Hansen (Danish

Nature Agency)The Houting Project - Danish Efforts to Save a Fish Species

15:30 – 15:50 Martin Winkler / Heide-Rose Atlas of Fish Species – Current


Vatterrott (University of Apllied Sciences Bremen)

Position and Perspectives

15:50 – 16:10 Discussion session 316:10 – 16:30 Harald Marencic (Common

Wadden Sea Secretariat)Summary of the Symposium

16:30 End of Symposium16:30 – 18:30 25 years Wadden Sea National

Park Lower SaxonyReception


Wadden Sea Day 2012

Energy Transition in the Wadden Sea Challenges towards a climate-friendly and

sustainable Wadden Sea regionUNESCO World Heritage Wadden Sea Visitor Centre

Wilhelmshaven, Südstrand 110b30 August 2012

Organized by National Park Administration Wadden Sea Lower Saxony & Common Wadden Sea

Secretariat

PROGRAM9:45 – 10:15 Registration / tea and coffeeWelcome and Introduction10:15 Peter Südbeck Opening10:15 – 10:45 Stefan Birkner (Minister of the

Environment, Energy and Climate Protection, Niedersachsen)Peter Ilsøe (Chair Wadden Sea Board)

Welcome addresses and introduction.25th Anniversary of the Common Wadden Sea Secretariat

The Wadden Sea and Energy – Key note10:45 – 11:10 Peter Herman

(University of Nijmegen)Nature conservation in the Wadden Sea – challenges towards a climate-friendly Wadden Sea region

11:10 – 11:40 Coffee BreakSession: Climate-friendly Wadden Sea region (Chair: Peter Südbeck)

11:40 – 12:00 Gunnar Thöle(Kreis Nordfriesland)

Nordfriesland - soon to be Germany’s most climate-friendly district

12:00 – 12:20 Robert Wojcik(Ökomodell Achental)

Best practice “Climate neutral Alps 2050”

12:20 – 13:30 LUNCHSession: Energy Production (power plants and offshore industry) (Chair: Arndt Meyer-Vosgerau)

13:30 – 13:50 Bernd Neddermann (DEWI) Recent status offshore wind farms13:50 - 14:10 Gerd Töpken (Statkraft) Development conventional energy

production14:10 – 14:30 Dirk Hansen (TenneT) Electric grid in the Wadden Sea region14:30 - 15:00 Coffee BreakSession: Perspectives of Energy Production (Chair: Harald Marencic)

15:00 – 15:20 Pieter Bergmeijer(Energy Valley, Groningen)

New perspective for energy production

15:20 – 15:40 Hans-Ulrich Rösner(WWF Husum)

Energy production and nature conservation – future perspectives

15:50 – 16:00 Jens Enemark (CWSS)Conclusions

Summary of the Symposium

16:00 End of Symposium16:00 – 17:30 25th Anniversary Common

Wadden Sea SecretariatReception



Wadden Sea Day

Salt Marshes: Our Heritage between Land and SeaBiodiversity, Ecosystem Services and Management

UNESCO World Heritage Wadden Sea Visitor Centre Wilhelmshaven, Südstrand 110b

29 August 2013

Organised by Common Wadden Sea Secretariat & National Park Administration Wadden Sea Lower

Saxony

DRAFT PROGRAMME


Welcome and Introduction

10:00 – 10:10 Peter Südbeck Welcome address and introduction

10:10 – 10:40 Jan Bakker (Univ. of Groningen) What did we learn during 40 years of research on salt marshes?

Session: Biodiversity

10:40 – 11:00 Kees Koffijberg (Sovon) Living on the edge: breeding birds on Wadden Sea salt marshes

11:00 – 11:30 Coffee Break

11:30 – 11:50 Roel van Klink (Univ. of Groningen) The importance of salt marshes for conservation of invertebrates

11:50 – 12:10 Andreas Dänhardt (Univ.of Hamburg) Fishes in saltmarshes: preference, avoidance or coincidence?

12:10 – 12:30 Plenary Discussion

12:30 – 13:20 LUNCH

13:20 – 13:50 Angus Garbutt (Natural Environment Research Council, Bangor, Wales) Salt Marshes - Ecosystem services

Sessions: Management and Restoration

13:50 - 14:10 Martin Stock (National Park Administration, Tönning)

Long-term vegetation development in salt marshes of Schleswig-Holstein

14:10 – 14:30 Stefanie Nolte (Univ Groningen)Grazing as a nature-management tool on mainland salt marshes - Results of the Noord-Friesland grazing experiment

14:30 - 14:50 Antonia Wanner (Univ. Hamburg)Grazing effects on vegetation, breeding birds, silica and sediments in salt marshes: Results of the BASSIA-project


15:15 – 15:35 Holger Freund (Univ. of Oldenburg) Effects of de-embankment on the saltmarsh in the Langeoog Sommerpolder

15:35 – 15:55 Peter Esselink (PUCCIMAR, Ecological Research and Consultancy)

From Polder to Salt Marsh: Evaluation of the Way Back. Ten years of salt-marsh restoration in Noarderleech, Netherlands

15:55 – 16:15 Plenary Discussion

16:15 – 16:25 Kai Jensen (Univ. Hamburg, Chair Trilateral Salt Marshes and Dunes Expert Group) Conclusions

16:25 – 16:30 Jens Enemark (CWSS) Closing



Wadden Sea Day 2014, 28 August 2014

WADDEN SEA WORLD HERITAGE - CHALLENGING THE GLOBAL DIMENSION. 35 YEARS OF TRILATERAL WADDEN SEA COOPERATIONCOLUMBIA Hotel, Jadeallee, Wilhelmshaven

Programme

Moderation: Peter Südbeck, Director, National Park Authority Lower Saxon Wadden Sea

Speaker Title09:30 – 10:00 Registration & Coffee10:00 – 11:00 Stefan Wenzel, Minister for the

Environment, Energy and Climate Protection Lower SaxonyJochen Flasbarth, State Secretary, Federal Ministry of the Environment, Nature Protection, Building and Nuclear Safety

Opening and Welcome

11:00 – 11:30 Pedro Rosabal, IUCN World Heritage – A Conservation Instrument in a Global Perspective

11:30 – 12:00 Hans-Ulrich Rösner, WWF The Wadden Sea Cooperation – Meeting the Challenges in a Changing World

12:00 – 13:00 Lunch13:00 – 13:30 James Rebanks,

Rebanks ConsultingRocket fuel: why outstanding and unique places are key to our journey in to the future

13:30 – 14:00 Karsten Reise, Professor Emeritus, Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung

Wadden Sea World Heritage - Muddy Science and Fiction

14:00 – 14:30 Walter Theuerkauf former chairman County Council Ostfriesland and Wadden Sea Advisory Board Niedersachsen

Wadden Sea World Heritage: From Global to Local – Integration into World Heritage

14:30 – 15:00 Andy Brown, Environmentalist and Consultant

The Wadden Sea Cooperation, a Model for Trans-boundary Cooperation - Fit for the Future

15:00 – 15:30 Coffee Break15:30 – 16:00 Gertjan Lankhorst CEO, GasTerra Wadden Sea World Heritage and

Businesses: Partners in Conservation and Development

16:00 – 16:30 John Frederiksen 30 Years of International Non-Government and Government Work


for the Wadden Sea - Reflections and Perspectives for the next decade(s)

16:30 Co Verdaas, Chairman Wadden Sea Board

Outlook and Perspectives. Closing

16:30 – 18:30 Reception


Wadden Sea Day

Marine Mammals in the Wadden Sea25th anniversary of Wadden Sea Seals Agreement


27 August 2015

Organised by National Park Administration Wadden Sea Lower Saxony & Common Wadden Sea

Secretariat


WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION

10:00 – 10:10 Peter Südbeck (National Park)

10:10 – 10:20 Opening address

Session 1

10:20 – 10:50Bradnee Chambers (Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals)

The 25th anniversary of the Wadden Sea Seal Agreement

10:50 – 11:20 Peter Reijnders (IMARES, NL)

Harbour and grey seals’ weal and woe from the prehistory to present day: valuable resource, overexploited, and now thriving icons of the Wadden Sea

11:20 – 11:40 Jonas Teilmann (University of Aarhus, DK)

Epidemics in seals –what have we learned?

11:40 – 12:00 Plenary discussion

12:00 – 13:00 LUNCH

Session 2

13:00 – 13:20 Camille de la Vega (Alfred-Wegener-Institute, D)

Influence of top predator on the Wadden Sea food web

13:20 – 13:40 David Thompson (St. Andrews University, UK)

What is happening next door: grey and harbour seal populations in the UK


14:10 – 14:30 Ursula Siebert (Institute for Terrestrial and Aquatic Wildlife Research, D)

How is the harbour porpoise? Results from 25 years of protection and research

14:30 – 14:50 Diana Giebels (Erasmus University Rotterdam, NL)

Trilateral implementation of the current Seal Management Plan: Developing an explanatory evaluation scheme

14:50 – 15:20 Plenary discussion

15:20 – 15:40 Rüdiger Strempel (Common Wadden Sea Secretariat) Wrap up and closing

16:30 – 18:30 All Optional boat excursion with“seal watching”


Please be aware that you have the opportunity to attend a boat trip at the end of the day. if you register for the Wadden Sea Day, please don’t forget to declare if you will attend the boat trip (16:30-18:30) or not. Thank you!

Wadden Sea Day

The Wadden Sea – Save harbor for birds?Wadden Sea and East Atlantic flyway in view of management and cooperation

30th anniversary of the National Park Wadden Sea Lower Saxony


25 August 2016

Organised by National Park Administration Wadden Sea Lower Saxony & Common Wadden Sea

Secretariat


WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION

10:00 – 10:10 ??? Opening

10:10 – 10:20 Stefan Wenzel

Session 1 Monitoring and Research

10:20 – 10:30 Peter Südbeck / Jennifer Gill Wadden Sea and Flyway

10:30 – 11:00 Karsten Laursen Status of migratory and breeding bird populations in the Wadden Sea

11:00 – 11:30 Marc van RoomenDevelopment of waterbird populations along the East Atlantic Flyway

11:30 – 12:00 Theunis Piersma Research on flyway populations

12:00 – 13:00 LUNCH

Session 2 Management and

13:00 – 13:30 CAFFBreeding Birds in the Arctic and Arctic Migratory Bird Initiative (AMBI)

13:30 – 14:00 Hermann Hötker Management of ….

14:30 – 15:00 Sergey Dereliev (AEWA) Flyway approach by AEWA

15:00 – 15:30 Coffe break

15:30 – 16:00 ???

16:00 – 16:30 Plenary session? Recommendations?

16:30 – 18:30 AllReception 30 years National Park Wadden Sea Lower Saxony


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