Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB)
Wadden Sea and Hallig Islands of Schleswig-Holstein
The Wadden Sea along the coastline of the North Sea is one of Germanys few remaining largescale natural landscapes It is protected as a national park whose global uniqueness has been recognized through the additional designation as UNESCO World Natural Heritage Site The tidal flats and creeks salt marshes and sand banks are largely preserved in their original state The Wadden Sea is the area in Europe with the highest numbers of birds Three UNESCO Biosphere Reserves encompass the entire German Wadden Sea in Hamburg Lower Saxony and SchleswigHolstein In 2016 they established a cooperation agreement to pave the way towards one unified Biosphere Reserve The Wadden Sea along the coast of the federal state SchleswigHolstein is one of the largest National Park in Europe and was designated as a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve already in 1990 with an extension to cover the Hallig islands five small inhabited islands without protective dikes
Germany