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The global importance of the Wadden Sea as the largest unbroken intertidal back-barrier sand and mudflat ecosystem in the world, the longstanding conservation efforts of the Trilateral Governmental Cooperation of the three Wadden Sea States and the support from the Wadden Sea region and its stakeholders are recognised by its World Heritage status. With the inscription of the Wadden Sea on UNESCO’s World Heritage List as a transboundary site, came the request by the World Heritage Committee to develop a single integrated management plan with the purpose of further facilitating the continuous improvement of transboundary management coordination for the protection and maintenance of the Outstanding Universal Value (OUV).

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Policy statement on the Wadden Sea SWIMWAY approved

In the Leeuwarden Declaration, the Wadden Sea Board (WSB) was instructed to further develop and contribute to implementing the SWIMWAY Vision (at Annex 3 of the Leeuwarden Declaration) as an integrated approach to achieving the Trilateral Fish Targets by investigating, monitoring, managing and communicating topics concerning the ecology of fish of the Wadden Sea Area.
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