Sustainability at HIIVE

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Would you like to read up on the Wadden Sea? The team at the front office will be happy to help you with a variety of materials.

In a national park, nature should be influenced as little as possible by humans and left largely to its own devices. The Lower Saxony Wadden Sea National Park was established in 1986 and is protected by law.

The Lower Saxony Wadden Sea National Park aims to preserve the unique nature and landscape of the Wadden Sea region off the coast of Lower Saxony, including its characteristic landscape, and protect it from damage.

The natural processes in these habitats should continue.

The biological diversity of animal and plant species in the national park area is to be preserved.

Of course, people should be able to experience this nature. The approved, marked trails allow you to explore nature in all its diversity. Signs and information boards help you find your way around, learn interesting facts, and experience nature without disturbing it.

The mudflats are the part of the Wadden Sea that is regularly flooded and then dries out again. They are home to numerous microorganisms that absorb nutrients from the water and soil and themselves provide food for fish and birds.

Salt marshes form when so much sediment has accumulated in front of the dike that the areas “grow out of the tides” and are only flooded irregularly. A highly specialized community develops under these special location factors.

Dunes are formed from sand blown by the wind, which is stabilized by deep-rooted plants. They are valuable habitats and, as natural breakwaters, protect the islands from flooding.

Beaches are dynamic habitats shaped by waves and currents. Adapted to the constant movement of sand, they are home to species whose nutrients come mainly from the wash zones.