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Trilateral Wadden Sea symposium brought together over 200 scientists, policy-makers managers and other stakeholders
Friday 23 November 2012
The 13th International Scientific Wadden Sea Symposium was held 21-23 November in Leeuwarden, Netherlands, bringing together over 200 scientists, policy-makers, managers and other stakeholders from the entire Wadden Sea region,...[more]
Category: English, Waddenacademie, Internationaal, Press release
Trilateral Workshop on Indicative Mapping of Cultural Landscape
Tuesday 20 November 2012
On 24-26 September 2012, a workshop on predictive mapping was held at the Kreishaus Husum. A summary report of this workshop is now available. [more]
Category: Cultuurhistorie, Internationaal, English
Geoscientific Research in the Wadden Sea Region: NJG special issue_online
Tuesday 13 November 2012
In November 2012 a special issue of the scientific journal ‘Netherlands Journal of Geosciences’ is published.[more]
Category: Geowetenschap, Waddenacademie, English
Seal Count 2012: more seals than ever before in the Wadden Sea
Friday 02 November 2012
In 2012 the greatest number of Harbour and Grey seals since the beginning of the Wadden Sea-wide seal count in 1975 has been counted, informs the Trilateral Seal Expert group, consisting of experts from the Netherlands, Germany...[more]
Category: Ecologie, Internationaal, English
Special issue Wadden Sea of the journal Ocean and Coastal Management online
Friday 26 October 2012
In December 2010 the trilateral scientific symposium ‘Towards a trilateral research agenda’ was organised by the Waddenacademie and several international partners. The symposium has led to the publication of a special issue on...[more]
Category: Press release, English, Cultuurhistorie, Economie, Ecologie, Klimaat, Geowetenschap, Internationaal, Waddenacademie
Chair of Wadden Academy visits Japan
Thursday 18 October 2012
Scientific Director Jouke van Dijk just returned from a visit to Japan. He was here at invitation of Yoshitsugu Hayashi of the Nagoya University as an expert to brainstorm about the Grene-city project and give an Invited Lecture .[more]
Category: Economie, Waddenacademie, English
CWSS Wadden Sea Newsletter October 2012
Tuesday 16 October 2012
The Common Wadden Sea Secretariat (CWSS) regularly publishes a newsletter. The newsletter links to the latest information on the website of the CWSS and waddensea-worldheritage. [more]
Category: English
IIASA and the UN: The water energy nexus
Tuesday 16 October 2012
IIASA Director Board member of the Wadden Academy Prof. Pavel Kabat met on Monday, 15 October with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.[more]
Category: English, Internationaal
Clever reproduction strategy makes dwarf eelgrass resilient
Saturday 29 September 2012
Dwarf eelgrass (Zostera noltii) in the northern Wadden Sea is much more resilient than previously thought. Changing circumstances in the sea therefore do not form a major threat to this species. A newly discovered survival...[more]
Category: Ecologie, English
Workshop "Indicative Mapping of the Maritime Heritage of the Wadden Sea"
Tuesday 25 September 2012
From 25-27 September a workshop is taking place at the Kreishaus Nordfriesland in Husum (Germany). [more]
Category: English, Cultuurhistorie, Internationaal
International North Sea Days, 4 and 5 October, Egmond aan Zee
Friday 31 August 2012
Every year in The Netherlands, the ‘North Sea Days’ are organised. This is a platform where scientists, policymakers and industry interested in the North Sea meet.[more]
Category: Internationaal, General
Reflections on a changing landscape
Thursday 16 August 2012
European perspective in landscape research[more]
Category: General, Waddenacademie, English
Preliminary programme 13th ISWSS now available
Thursday 26 July 2012
The preliminary programme of the 13th International Scientific Wadden Sea Symposium (ISWSS) entitled ‘An integrated approach to emerging challenges in a World Heritage site’ (21-23 November 2012, Leeuwarden, the Netherlands) is...[more]
Category: Waddenacademie, Internationaal, English
International workshop on Mussel Wadden Sea related research November 19-20 Leeuwarden
Wednesday 11 July 2012
On November 19 and 20 of this year, the programme ‘Towards a Rich Wadden Sea’ and the Wadden Academy organise a workshop on current Dutch projects studying the role of mussels & mussel beds in the Wadden Sea ecosystem. Organizers...[more]
Category: Internationaal, Waddenacademie, English
OURCOAST final brochure presented
Tuesday 26 June 2012
The final OURCOAST Brochure “Integrated Coastal Zone Management: OURCOAST outcomes and lessons learned” is now available online, as well as the Executive’s Summaries translated in ten languages.[more]
Category: Internationaal, English
Paper Waddenacademie on science-based management in the Wadden Sea Region
Tuesday 19 June 2012
In a paper in the international scientific journal Ocean & Coastal Management, the Waddenacademie and co-authors sketch the challenges that the Wadden Sea Region is facing in relation to global change and globalization. An...[more]
Category: English, Waddenacademie, Internationaal
Science-publication: Seagrasses survive thanks to subterranean symbiosis…
Monday 18 June 2012
It has always been a mystery why seagrasses are the only vascular plants that can survive at the bottom of the sea despite lethal concentrations of sulphides. In a joint study by the University of Groningen, Radboud University...[more]
Category: Ecologie, English
Wadden Sea Forum Newsletter June 2012
Thursday 14 June 2012
The Wadden Sea Forum (WSF) is an independent platform of stakeholders from Denmark, Germany and The Netherlands to contribute to an advanced and sustainable development of the trilateral Wadden Sea Region.[more]
Category: Internationaal, English
CWSS Wadden Sea Newsletter May 2012
Thursday 07 June 2012
The Common Wadden Sea Secretariat (CWSS) regularly publishes a newsletter. The newsletter links to the latest information on the website of the CWSS and waddensea-worldheritage.[more]
Category: General, Internationaal, English
Oerol Colleges: namen wetenschappers bekend
Monday 21 May 2012
Oerol en de Waddenacademie verzorgen samen een serie lezingen rondom kunst, wetenschap en landschap tijdens het Oerol festival van 15 tot en met 24 juni op Terschelling. [more]
Category: General, Waddenacademie
Lecture ‘Mining, Mapping, and Accelerating Science and Technology’
Monday 07 May 2012
On June 6th Katy Börner, current KNAW Visiting Professor and guest at DANS and the e-humanities group, gives a public lecture on the topic ‘Mining, mapping and accelerating Science and Technology’.[more]
Category: General, English
VisRetourWiel wint hoogste Europese Uitvindersprijs
Monday 07 May 2012
Het visretourwiel brengt ingezogen vissen in koelwatersystemen van energiecentrales weer ongeschonden naar het water van oorsprong. Daarmee helpt het mee de massale vissterfte van meestal jonge visjes in energiecentrales te...[more]
Category: Economie, Ecologie
Waddenacademie present at Wetsus workshop
Thursday 19 April 2012
On April 19th, two members of the Wadden Academy were present at the Wetsus' theme meetings other workshops. [more]
Category: Waddenacademie, Ecologie, English
Waddenacademie meets at IIASA
Thursday 19 April 2012
On the 12th an 13th of April 2012 the meeting of the Board and the Advisory Committee of the Wadden Academy took place at a special location, IIASA in Laxenburg.[more]
Category: Waddenacademie, Internationaal, English
Initiatief behoud maritieme geschiedenis waddengebied
Thursday 05 April 2012
Onlangs is de ‘Stichting Maritiem Erfgoed Gouden Eeuw Waddengebied’, kortweg genoemd ‘Stichting 1666’, opgericht. Een initiatief van twee onderzoekers naar de maritieme geschiedenis in dit gebied, historicus dr. Anne Doedens uit...[more]
Category: Cultuurhistorie
Climate Adaptation in the Dutch Delta
Tuesday 27 March 2012
The Dutch Delta is vulnerable to the possible consequences of climate change, such as sea level rise and higher river discharges. Strengthening the dykes to become ‘unbreachable’ (Delta dykes) may effectively reduce the flooding...[more]
Category: Internationaal, Klimaat, English
Waddenacademie will attend conference Planet under Pressure
Thursday 22 March 2012
Based on the latest scientific evidence, the London Planet Under Pressure conference, which takes place from 26 – 29 March, will provide a comprehensive update of our knowledge of the Earth system and the pressure our planet is...[more]
Category: Waddenacademie, Internationaal, English
Delta Alliance Young Professionals Award
Wednesday 14 March 2012
In line with the 2012 Rio+20 theme 'Green Economy in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication', Delta Alliance is looking for innovative and creative solutions to deal with the acute challenges that deltas...[more]
Category: Internationaal, Klimaat, English
Groninger hoogleraar naar Chinese Wadden
Tuesday 21 February 2012
GRONINGEN - Hoogleraar dieren-ecologie Theunis Piersma, van de Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, heeft uit China een bedrag van 200.000 euro gekregen voor onderzoek.[more]
Category: Ecologie, Internationaal
13th International Scientific Wadden Sea Symposium on 21 – 23 November 2012
Thursday 16 February 2012
The 13th International Scientific Wadden Sea Symposium will be held on 21-23 November 2012 in Leeuwarden, the Netherlands.[more]
Category: Internationaal, English
Water and climate expert to lead global research institute
Thursday 02 February 2012![[Translate to english:] Paval Kabat. Foto: IIASA](typo3temp/pics/7893dc0fc8.jpg "[Translate to english:] Paval Kabat. Foto: IIASA")
Laxenburg, Austria – 01 February 2012 Water and climate expert Professor Pavel Kabat has been appointed Director of the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Austria, effective today, February 1, 2012. [more]
Category: Waddenacademie, Internationaal, Klimaat, English
European Landscape congress in Fryslân
Thursday 02 February 2012
The 25th biennial congress of the Permanent European Conference for the Study of the Rural Landscape (PECSRL) will be held in Fryslân at 20-24 August 2012.[more]
Category: Cultuurhistorie, Internationaal, Waddenacademie, English
Delta Alliance Young Professional Award
Thursday 19 January 2012
In preparation for the Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in June 2012, the Delta Alliance invites young Delta Professionals around the world to present their solutions to the challenges which river...[more]
Category: Klimaat, Internationaal, English
Waddenacademie discusses bilateral Danish / Dutch research call
Monday 16 January 2012
The board of the Wadden Academy visited Copenhagen at the invitation of the Danish research institutions engaged in waddenrelated research on November 3. Host of the day was Prof. Morten Pejrup of the University of Copenhagen....[more]
Category: Internationaal, Waddenacademie, English
Job Advertisement Scientific Officer Common Wadden Sea Secretariat
Tuesday 10 January 2012![[Translate to english:] Het kantoor van CWSS in Wilhelmshaven](typo3temp/pics/c1a2eefa7e.jpg "[Translate to english:] Het kantoor van CWSS in Wilhelmshaven")
The Common Wadden Sea Secretariat, Wilhelmshaven, seeks the employment, at the earliest possible date, of a Scientific Officer (m/f, full time) to coordinate and implement the Trilateral Monitoring and Assessment Program and to...[more]
Category: General, Internationaal, English
De Waddenzee is Nederlandse topnatuur
Monday 09 January 2012
In de serie opinieartikelen in het Friesch Dagblad, die op initiatief van de Waddenacademie tot stand komen is een artikel verschenen van Theunis Piersma.[more]
Category: Ecologie, Internationaal
Dijkrijk – Noordpolder 1811-2011
Monday 09 January 2012
De Noordpolder: een uitgestrekt boerenlandschap in het noorden van Groningen. Bekend van het getijdenhaventje Noordpolderzijl, met het aanpalende Zielhoes, uitkijkend over de kwelders - in de verte Rottumeroog en Rottumerplaat.[more]
Category: Cultuurhistorie, Economie
Publication "Back to basics. Natural dynamics and resilience on the Dutch Wadden Sea Barrier Islands"
Tuesday 20 December 2011![[Translate to english:] Cover](typo3temp/pics/9baf277bf4.jpg "[Translate to english:] Cover")
The Dutch Wadden Sea Islands originated some six thousand years ago. Since then they have changed continuously.[more]
Category: Internationaal, Waddenacademie, English
Pavel Kabat new director of IIASA
Tuesday 13 December 2011
Prof. dr. Pavel Kabat will become the new director of the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) ( www.iiasa.ac.at). He will start in this new international and highly prestigious...[more]
Category: Waddenacademie, General, English
Professorship for Wadden Sea Ecology
Monday 12 December 2011
The Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences at the Christian-Albrechts-University at Kiel, Germany, in a joint procedure with the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) in Bremerhaven, member of the...[more]
Category: General, Internationaal, English
Newsletter CWSS November 2011
Tuesday 29 November 2011
The Common Wadden Sea Secretariat (CWSS) regularly publishes a newsletter. The newsletter links to the latest information on the website of the CWSS.[more]
Category: Internationaal, English
Wadden Academy presentation at Delta World Summit 2011
Thursday 24 November 2011
Delta World Summit 2011 took place from 21 to 24 November 2011 in Jakarta and was organized by the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) / Delta Alliance - Indonesia Wing.[more]
Category: Internationaal, Waddenacademie, English
Robbert Dijkgraaf appointed Director of the Institute for Advanced Study
Monday 14 November 2011![[Translate to english:] Robbert Dijkgraaf (Bron: KNAW)](typo3temp/pics/b08121d9b7.jpg "[Translate to english:] Robbert Dijkgraaf (Bron: KNAW)")
Robbert Dijkgraaf, current President of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, has been appointed Director of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey. He will take up his post on 1 July 2012.[more]
Category: Press release, Internationaal, English
European Commission: towards pan-European joint programming
Tuesday 11 October 2011A major step towards joint programming in marine and maritime sciences was carried out on 16 September when the European Commission issued its recommendation on the research joint programming initiative ?Healthy and Productive...[more]
Category: Internationaal, General, English
Wadden Academy at LOICZ conference in Yantai
Thursday 29 September 2011
The Open Science Conference of the program Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone (LOICZ) was held from 12-15 September in Yantai (China).[more]
Category: Waddenacademie, Internationaal, General, English
Lévy Walks Evolve Through Interaction Between Movement and Environmental Complexity
Monday 11 July 2011Ecological theory predicts that animal movement is shaped by its efficiency of resource acquisition. Focusing solely on efficiency, however, ignores the fact that animal activity can affect resource availability and distribution....[more]
Category: Ecologie, Internationaal, English
Newsletter CWSS July 2011
Friday 08 July 2011The Common Wadden Sea Secretariat (CWSS) regularly publishes a newsletter. The newsletter links to the latest information on the website of the CWSS.[more]
Category: Internationaal, English
International Conference Dynamic Deltas on Safety and Sustainability in rural delta regions
Monday 04 July 2011The International Conference Dynamic Deltas on Safety and Sustainability in rural delta regions will be held April 17-20, 2012 in Vlissingen, the Netherlands. Please mark the conference in your agenda! [more]
Category: English, Klimaat, Ecologie
Vacancy TU Delft
Friday 01 July 2011Part-time Professor of Morphodynamics of Lagoons & Estuaries at Delft University of Technology, Department of Hydraulic Engineering.[more]
Category: Geowetenschap
Workshop landscape en cultural heritage
Tuesday 24 May 2011On 11-12 May 2011, a workshop on the landscape and cultural heritage of the Wadden Sea Region was held in Ribe on invitation by the Danish Cultural Heritage Agency in cooperation with the Danish Nature Agency and the CWSS (Common...[more]
Category: Cultuurhistorie, Waddenacademie
Open access and digital preservation for KNAW researchers
Thursday 19 May 2011Early in 2011, the Academy adopted a policy on open access and digital preservation for its research organisation. This flyer is intended to clarify matters for Academy researchers. [more]
Category: General
Conference Tourism Futures 2nd till 5th of November 2011
Thursday 19 May 2011The European Tourism Futures Institute (ETFI) is organising an international conference on Tourism Futures from the 2nd till the 5th of November 2011 to celebrate the 10th aniversary of the Tourism Management Studies at Stenden...[more]
Category: English, Internationaal
Waddenacademie on Sylt
Tuesday 24 May 2011
On 12 and 13 May 2011 the Waddenacademie visited the AWI Wadden Sea Station on the German island Sylt.[more]
Category: Waddenacademie, Internationaal
Scientific and government conference on World Delta Summit 2011
Monday 09 May 2011The firsts world's largest open scientific and government conference on World Delta Summit 2011 will be held in Jakarta, Indonesia in 21-24 November 2011 combining science, policy and practice elements. The event will be...[more]
Category: English, Klimaat
The Wadden Sea World Heritage: responsibility for migratory birds between Africa and the Arctic
Monday 28 March 2011Concluding a 2-day international workshop in Wilhelmshaven, 35 experts from the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Iceland, Russia, England, Mauritania, Senegal, Kenya and the United States underlined the importance of international...[more]
Category: Ecologie, Internationaal
Quality Status Report Synthesis Report 2010
Friday 04 March 2011The QSR Synthesis Report 2010 is now published on the CWSS website. A printed version is in preparation. The synthesis report summarizes the main findings from 30 thematic reports of the QSR 2009 and the 12th International Wadden...[more]
Category: Internationaal
First Announcement: International Symposium on the Ecology of the Wadden Sea
Thursday 13 January 2011The International Symposium on the Ecology of the Wadden Sea is a joined initiative of NIOZ, DELTARES, IMARES, Wadden Academy and ZKO[more]
Category: English, Ecologie, Waddenacademie
Newsletter CWSS december 2010
Thursday 23 December 2010The Common Wadden Sea Secretariat (CWSS) regularly publishes a newsletter. The newsletter links to the latest information on the website of the CWSS.[more]
Category: General, Internationaal
NWO-BMBF transnational call for Wadden Sea research
Friday 10 December 2010
During the trilateral scientific symposium 'Towards a trilateral research agenda' in Leeuwarden the first joint transnational call for Wadden Sea research was signed.[more]
Category: Waddenacademie, Press release, English
Results of the International conference Deltas in Times of Climate Change
Thursday 21 October 2010The first international delta conference Deltas in Times of Climate Change took place 29 September - 1 October 2010 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands and was a tremendous success. The conference attracted over 1.200 participants from...[more]
Category: Klimaat, Internationaal
Newsletter Common Wadden Sea Secretariat (CWSS)
Thursday 23 September 2010The Common Wadden Sea Secretariat (CWSS) regularly publishes a newsletter. The newsletter links to the latest information on the website of the CWSS.[more]
Category: Internationaal
Announcement: International Cooling Water Workshop
Friday 10 September 2010Organized by Waddenacademie-KNAW and RWS Centre for Water Management, Thursday 4 November 2010, Nieuweschans (NL).[more]
Category: English, Internationaal, Waddenacademie
Alien invaders threaten World Heritage Site
Monday 30 August 2010Bonn (Germany), 27 August 2010 - Alien wildlife species are multiplying around Europe's Wadden Sea, posing a serious threat to biodiversity. The warning came in a new report launched on Wadden Sea Day - a platform for recent...[more]
Category: Ecologie, Internationaal
First announcement 5th symposium of the Wadden Academy
Friday 16 July 2010Scientific symposium on the Wadden Sea Region: towards a trilateral research agenda 8-10 december 2010, Leeuwarden[more]
Category: Internationaal, Waddenacademie
Newsletter Common Wadden Sea Secretariat (CWSS)
Thursday 01 July 2010The Common Wadden Sea Secretariat (CWSS) regularly publishes a newsletter. The newsletter links to the latest information on the website of the CWSS. The CWSS newsletter June 2010 provides information about: [more]
Category: Internationaal
Three open PhD positions in the project "WADDENSLEUTELS"
Tuesday 29 June 2010In the project "WADDENSLEUTELS" several Dutch nature conservation organizations and research institutes collaborate to a address the basic threats to the Wadden Sea ecosystem, and to formulate recommendations for practical...[more]
Category: General, Ecologie, Internationaal
Wadden Academy in LOICZ-newsletter INPRINT
Friday 23 April 2010In the latest issue of INPRINT, the newsletter of the LOICZ-project (Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone), an article is published on the overall goals of the Wadden Academy and examples of knowledge gaps related to the...[more]
Category: Internationaal, Klimaat
Peter Herman leidt sessie over klimaatverandering en estuariene ecosystemen tijdens Delta conferentie
Monday 15 March 2010Bestuurslid van de Waddenacademie Peter Herman is een van de twee moderatoren van de sessie klimaatverandering en estuariene ecosystemen tijdens het grote Deltacongres, "Deltas in Times of Climate Change", 29 September-2...[more]
Category: Waddenacademie, Internationaal, Klimaat, Ecologie
Waddensea Quality Status Report (QSR) 2009 Thematic reports available
Thursday 17 December 2009The Quality Status Report 2009 (QSR 2009) was prepared to update the findings of the QSR 2004 and to provide input into the Trilateral Governmental Conference on Sylt on 18 March 2010.[more]
Category: Internationaal
Isabel Smallegange wins Waddenacademie Prize
Wednesday 09 December 2009
The annual Waddenacademie Prize is a monetary award of 5000 euro by the Waddenacademie, an institute of the Royal Dutch Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW). With the Prize, the Waddenacademie seeks to stimulate young researchers...[more]
Category: Press release, General, Waddenacademie
First newsletter project OURCOAST is available
Tuesday 24 November 2009OURCOAST NEWS is a newsletter produced by the OURCOAST consortium for coastal authorities, managers, decision-makers and the coastal stakeholders community. It will be published every three months during the project duration.[more]
Category: Press release, Internationaal
