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CWSS Wadden Sea Newsletter May 2013

Thursday 16 May 2013 [Translate to english:] Cover newsletter

The Common Wadden Sea Secretariat (CWSS) regularly publishes a newsletter. [more]

Category: Internationaal, General, English

Long-term subsidence study in the Wadden Sea Region

Monday 13 May 2013 Screenshot

The Wadden Academy established an independent Scientific Steering Committee to review, provide guidance and advise on the outcome of the Long-term subsidence study in the Wadden Sea Region. [more]

Category: Geowetenschap, Waddenacademie, English

Wadden Sea Breeding Birds at Risk

Tuesday 23 April 2013 Arctic Tern. Foto Luc Hoogenstein freenateureimages.eu

Latest trends in breeding bird numbers show that 2/3 of all internationally monitored species breeding in the Wadden Sea have declining numbers. The trend over the past ten years even indicates that the rate of decline has...[more]

Category: Ecologie, Internationaal, English

Announcement Conference 'Deltas in Times of Climate Change II'

Thursday 04 April 2013

The conference 'Deltas in Times of Climate Change II' will be held in Rotterdam the Netherlands, September 2014. [more]

Category: English, Klimaat, Internationaal

Job opportunity: Assistant Professor Vulnerability and Sustainable Coastal Governance

Wednesday 03 April 2013

The Faculty of Spatial Sciences at the University of Groningen (RUG) has the intention to appoint an assistant-professor on the overarching theme of vulnerability and sustainable coastal governance. [more]

Category: English, Economie, Ecologie, Internationaal, Waddenacademie

Conference on European estuaries: large restoration measures needed for Ems

Tuesday 12 March 2013 sheet

On February 22nd 2013 the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) organised the Conference “Restoration of European estuaries: Ideas, approaches and implementation” in Leer, Germany. During the conference great concern was expressed regarding...[more]

Category: English, Ecologie, Internationaal

Trilateral Wadden Sea Symposium discussed at Wadden Sea Board

Monday 11 March 2013 sheet presentation Jouke van Dijk

At the meeting of the Wadden Sea Board on 6 March in Hamburg Prof. Jouke van Dijk, chairman of the Wadden Academy presented the main findings and recommendations of the International Scientific Wadden Sea Symposium (ISWSS) which...[more]

Category: Internationaal, Waddenacademie, English

Working towards a sustainable socio-economy in the Wadden Sea Region

Monday 18 February 2013 Logo Wadden Sea Forum

A cooperative venture between the Waddenacademie, the Wadden Sea Forum (WSF) and the WaLTER project will use synergies to provide an advanced knowledge base with regard to a sustainable and future viable Wadden Sea Region. [more]

Category: Economie, Ecologie, English

Call for abstracts session Senses of place and identity in coastal regions in transition

Monday 21 January 2013

Fourth International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Emotional Geographies 1-3 July at the University of Groningen, The Netherlands. [more]

Category: Economie, Internationaal, English

New report "OURCOAST experiences related to governance of the wadden region"

Tuesday 11 December 2012 [Translate to english:] Rob Steijn (Arcadis) presenteert de resultaten van het OURCOAST rapport

The Wadden Academy is interested to know which lessons can be teased out from the OURCOAST database on the topic of governance of similar environments in Europe.[more]

Category: Internationaal, Waddenacademie, English

Dr. Katja Philippart appointed as board member 'Waddenacademie-KNAW'

Friday 07 December 2012 Katja Philippart speaking on the trilateral Wadden symposium 21-23 november 2012. Photo: Zwanette Jager

Katja Philippart is a renowned scientist with excellent communication skills. She studied Biology at Wageningen University and received her doctorate in 1994 on ‘Eutropication as a possible cause of decline in the seagrass...[more]

Category: Ecologie, Press release, Waddenacademie, English