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There is increasing evidence that artificial light at night alters behaviour, space usage, migration, physiology, development and reproduction in almost all groups of organisms, including plants and micro-organisms. PRW, in the context of the Trilateral Dark Sky initiative, has commissioned a review of this in cooperation with the Common Wadden Sea Secretariat and the Partnership hub.
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The Programme towards a Rich Wadden Sea , together with the Province of Noord-Holland, Staatsbosbeheer and Rijkswaterstaat, prepared a short animation about the importance of dune dynamics. You can find the animation on this page.
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On Friday the 11th of March 2022 the 4th webinar of the trilateral Community of Understanding Sediment Solutions was held. In the webinar a broad set of themes were presented and discussed. You can find the presentations on our website.
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Erika Compatangelo a third-year Bachelor’s student of International Relations and International Organization at the University of Groningen has worked for the past three months as an intern at Programme towards a Rich Wadden Sea. In this period she has created The Wadden Logbook, you can find the final result on our YouTube channel now.
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The legal protection of the underwater nature on the grounds of the European directives appears to be implemented differently per country. Compared to Germany and Denmark, the Netherlands has brought fewer species and habitats under the protection regime. Please find on our site a summary of the webinar and the presentations.
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24 september from 9.00 – 12.00 a trilateral webinar takes place. In the webinar, speakers from Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands will show how European subtidal nature has been implemented in national legislation and how this works out in practice. Please sign up if you want to join.
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There will be no pilot project submarine whale carcass as is decided by the board members of PRW. In the newsitem you can find more information about the project and the following decision. Since 2018 we’ve been in the proces for setting up the pilot project and we have thereby gathered advice and information about the subject. We’ve made all relevant documentation available on our website for interested parties and future use.
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In addition to measures, policy must also be in order for the fish stock in the Wadden Sea to be improved. A recent analysis carried out on behalf of PRW by Paddy Walker of Tethys shows that this can still be improved.
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“Promoting darkness, not as a return to the Dark Ages, but as a move towards a new era in which ecological, social and economic aspects are considered and brought together.” With these words, the Minister für Energiewende, Landwirtschaft, Umwelt, Natur und Digitalisierung of Schleswig-Holstein, Jan Philipp Albrecht, expressed his welcome to almost 100 participants of the Erlebe die Finsternis Webinar, which was held the 23rd of April.
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