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”.
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.
Fundamental documents
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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.
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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).
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Nature-Business and Community development canvas to enhance sustainable practice.
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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.
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Videos showcase the businesses’ stories, visions, and resilience in face of uncertainty during the first year of the pandemic.
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Stories of small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) on how they incorporate the responsibility of protecting the nature area around them into their enterprises.
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Summary of selected results from the trilateral Wadden Sea visitor survey and presentation of best-practice examples from all PROWAD Link pilot areas.
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A background analysis on sustainable and nature-friendly dark sky tourism.
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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.
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Materials from networks
Trilateral Wadden Sea Cooperation (TWSC)
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Since 1999, the Trilateral Wadden Sea Cooperation (TWSC) between Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands has periodically produced Wadden Sea Quality Status Reports (QSR) describing and evaluating the current ecological status of the Wadden Sea. The QSRs identify changes in this status and their possible causes, classify issues of concern and indicate possible measures of amelioration, including evaluation of the likely effectiveness of these measures. They also indicate gaps in our knowledge. The QSRs are based upon the Trilateral Monitoring and Assessment Programme (TMAP). The programme and the reports were key elements in achieving the inscription of major parts of the cooperation area on the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
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International Wadden Sea School
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UNESCO has been promoting Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) since 1992. It led the UN Decade for ESD from 2005 to 2014 and is now spearheading its follow-up, the Global Action Programme (GAP) on ESD.The momentum for ESD has never been stronger. Global issues – such as climate change – urgently require a shift in our lifestyles and a transformation of the way we think and act. To achieve this change, we need new skills, values and attitudes that lead to more sustainable societies.
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