Materials

This section pools all material connected to the platform. Under fundamental documents you will find helpful publications, websites, videos, and photos on partnering for Wadden Sea World Heritage. Underneath, materials shared in your groups, the networks of t he platform, and materials uploaded by yourself are listed.

An Overview of Ecolabels for Small to Medium Sized Tourism Enterprises
Overview of a substantial proportion of relevant ecolabels for small and medium-sized tourism enterprises and excerpt of the report “Ecolabelling for tourism enterprises. What, why and how”.
Barriers for Sustainable Entrepreneurship in the Wadden Sea World Heritage Site: An exploratory study
The project partners have compiled a report on what hinders small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to shift to more sustainable solutions.
Ecolabelling for tourism enterprises – What, why and how
What are ecolabels, why are they useful, and how can they be used – those are the questions answered by the desk study. The report was released by the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).
Nature Business Community Development Toolkit
Nature-Business and Community development canvas to enhance sustainable practice.
North Sea Sustainable Innovation Challenge – White Paper
The North Sea Sustainable Innovation Challenge 2022 called for ideas that contribute to social, economic, environmental and heritage development in the North Sea region. The concept is outlined in a white paper.
PROWAD Link asks. SMEs answer.
Videos showcase the businesses’ stories, visions, and resilience in face of uncertainty during the first year of the pandemic.
Sustainable businesses in touristic nature areas
Stories of small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) on how they incorporate the responsibility of protecting the nature area around them into their enterprises.
Added Value of Sustainable Tourism in the Wadden Sea World Heritage Destination
Summary of selected results from the trilateral Wadden Sea visitor survey and presentation of best-practice examples from all PROWAD Link pilot areas.
Dark Sky background analysis
A background analysis on sustainable and nature-friendly dark sky tourism.
Fact sheet: Tourism and Nature – Key Market Trends and Important Implications for SMEs
Desk research study “Tourism and Nature – Key Market Trends and Important Implications for SMEs” – as full study and as result overview in form of fact sheets.