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WSF previous projects

Wat nu Projekt about Demographic Change in the German Wadden Sea Region

Wat Nu - Demographic Change in the Wadden Sea Region

The main goal of the project is to develop and initiate approaches dealing with demographic change in the participating municipalities. With the help of various participative and collaborative methods and instruments, we want to work towards this goal in collaboration with people who are interested in sustainable living in the region. We create the space for this with the help of the conceptual approach of real laboratories. In this we have the opportunity for an open discussion about the problems, but also about the opportunities of demographic change.
Duration: June 2016 - May 2019
Partner: WSF, Municipality of Wangerland, Norden, Spiekeroog, Juist, University of Oldenburg and Groningen, Arbeitsgruppe für regionale Struktur- und Umweltforschung GmbH
Website: http://www.wat-nu-im-watt.de/

WSF Indicator report - project 2015-2018

Development and Analysis of Sustainability Indicators

In 2015 the stakeholders of the WSF intensively discussed relevance and value of the indicator tool and agreed to improve the instrument by in-depth analyses to make it more valuable and useful for stakeholders and policy makers on local and regional level. The data should be analyzed taking characteristics of the regions and specific circumstances into account. Data compilation and data assessment were part of a two-years project, co-financed by the “Niedersächsische Wattenmeerstiftung”.
Duration: 2015 - 2018
Partner: Universities Tilburg and Waddenacademie (NL), University Kiel
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Enhance - Enhancing risk management partnerships for catastrophic natural hazards in Europe

ENHANCE aims at developing and analysing new ways to enhance society’s resilience to catastrophic natural hazard impacts. For this, the project developed new multisector partnerships (MSPs) between public and private sectors, with an important role for the financial sector (e.g. insurers). The hazards were related to heat waves, forest fires, flood, drought, storm surge, and volcanic eruptions. Through close engagement of stake holders and policy organisations, ENHANCE developed MSPs in 10 case studies for managing risk from natural hazards.
Duration: 2014 - 2016
Partner: WSF, FEEM + ARPA-ER (Italy), HZG + UP + PPC (D), IIASA + ORT (Austria), LSE + UOXF + UCAM (GB), UNISDR (CH), UCL + EBN (Belgium), ISA-CEABN + MC (Portugal), UPVLC + ADV (Spain), HKV + IVM (NL), ASE (Romania), HI (Iceland)
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CO2 neutral Wadden Sea Region

To develop the Wadden Sea region by 2030 into a CO2-neutral region is an ambitious goal, which needs the support of the entire region with their industry associations, environmental and conservation organizations and social institutions as well as the local and regional politicians. The project concretely followed the principles of Integrated Coastal Zone Management. It was aimed at a comprehensive perspective that includes the ecosystem approach and economic activities with impact on the Wadden Sea Region by elaborating measures, which contribute to the development of climate-friendly WSR, including the preservation of natural and cultural landscape.
Duration: 2013 - 2015
Partner: WSF, Umweltbundesamt (BMU)
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ARCH - Architecture and roadmap to manage multiple pressures on lagoons

The ARCH research project (FP7-ENVIRONMENT - Specific Programme "Cooperation") aims to develop participative methodologies in collaboration with policy makers, local authorities and stakeholders to manage the multiple problems affecting lagoons (estuarine coastal areas). These areas represent ecosystems that are very vulnerable for climate change, increasing urbanisation and industrialisation. A central feature of ARCH is to provide realistic solutions to manage these pressures and establish a better connection (the arch) between science and policy. (more - see link)
Duration: Sept 2011 - Aug 2015
Partners: WSF, NGI (Norway), TNO (NL), HAW (D), COWI + IVL (Sweden), IPMA (Portugal), GeoEcoMar (Romania), HCMR (Greece), UEA + CEFAS (GB), MIG (Poland)
Webpage: https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/282748

WSF project on sustainability indicators from 2003-2014

Sustainability Indicator Tool 2003-2014

With regard to contributing to a sustainable development in the Wadden Sea Region, the WSF has set up a tool to communicate the developments in sustainability with so-called indexes to the Forum members for discussing the developments, for politicians and decision-makers in the Wadden Sea regions and municipalities to know about the sustainability development trends. The tool will deliver annual information about the progress or regress of sustainability of the defined regions, including information about specific weaknesses and strengths.
Duration: 2003 - 2014
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