The SIMP: Integrated Management Plan for ONE Wadden Sea World Heritage
The SIMP Integrated Management Plan for the ONE Wadden Sea World Heritage provides a clear overarching description of the nature conservation management structures in Denmark, Germany, and the Netherlands and at the trilateral level. It also describes the trilaterally applied management phases within a continuous cycle of adaptive management.
The SIMP is a legally non-binding document of common political interest and is a political agreement of the Trilateral Wadden Sea Cooperation. It does not change or affect existing policy documents and legally binding instruments at the trilateral, regional, national or local levels and is complementary to the Wadden Sea Plan. SIMP is more of an umbrella for existing plans and policies and provides information on how these are being implemented trilaterally for the most important nature conservation management issues. The SIMP aims to support the continuous improvement of coordinated management for the conservation of the transboundary Wadden Sea World Heritage Site. Therefore, the main focus is on the protection and maintenance of the Outstanding Universal Value.
