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1.3: Subtidal nature: An ecosystem-based approach in large strictly protected areas?
Mon, 28 Nov. 2022 2:00pm
ATLANTIC Hotel
The subtidal nature of the Wadden Sea should be higher on the trilateral agenda. The 15th International Scientific Wadden Sea Symposium (15th ISWSS, December 2021) made that very clear. The Dutch Programme Towards a Rich Wadden Sea (PRW) has developed a vision to strive for a well-functioning subtidal ecosystem in the Dutch Wadden Sea. The vision builds on key ecosystem components, both abiotic and biotic, and strives to include these components in future conservation objectives and measures. In the Netherlands policy instruments to protect subtidal nature are barely based on such an ecosystem approach. PRW therefore organised a trilateral policy webinar in 2021 to learn from Germany and Denmark. As a follow-up a comparative study was initiated to picture the different trilateral protection regimes. Which is particularly relevant as the EU Biodiversity Strategy asks Member States to designate at least 30% of the sea as protected, of which at least a third is strictly protected.
The workshop is an opportunity to discuss the key components of a healthy subtidal ecosystem, and to exchange insights in trilateral differences of protected area measures.
Organiser: Programma naar een Rijke Waddenzee (PRW)
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