WattenVision / WaddenVisie

With the “WaddenVision” project, a cross-border model region for sustainable development and nature experiences is being created in Europe. For this purpose, a cross-border project partnership of ten institutions has been formed, aiming to achieve a new quality for sustainable development in the Ems Dollart Region through innovative measures. The target audience for the model region includes businesses, tourists, and citizens.
The Wadden Sea region, particularly with its UNESCO World Heritage status, is a significant regional factor for nature conservation and tourism, impacting other societal and economic sectors. The project aims to contribute to developing the cross-border Wadden Sea region into one of the most sustainable habitats and travel destinations in Europe.
In the project’s central work package, the development of assessment and monitoring methods takes place to measure and visualize sustainability in ecological, economic, and social aspects. This is complemented by the identification and dissemination of “proven practices” in sustainable development and engagement with businesses.
In three additional work packages, specialized themes of sustainable and nature-oriented development are developed and implemented across borders. The first theme is the contribution of CO2 compensation models to tourism-related CO2 emissions in the Wadden Sea region, including the execution of pilot compensations. The second theme is wilderness and nature experiences. Here, the exemplary development and implementation of new forms of experiences occur in nature and wilderness areas in the Wadden Sea region. The third theme is the promotion of biodiversity in the Wadden Sea region for sustainable and nature-oriented development. Innovative biodiversity areas along the cross-border International Dollard Route are developed and permanently realized according to a unified concept.