Holger Wesemüller

Holger Wesemüller (* 1948 in Bremen ) is a German environmental engineer.

Life

After an internship in gardening and landscaping Wesemüller studied 1968-1975 Landscape Management at the University of Hanover. After working as a research assistant at the university, the graduate engineer switched to Lower Saxony's state nature conservation department in 1977. As a co-author of the Lower Saxony protection program for the Wadden Sea, he worked as an expert on the advisory board for nature conservation and landscape management of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture .

From 1980 to 2003 he built up the Seas & Coasts department at WWF Germany . Under his leadership, nature conservation projects were carried out on a national and international level, including the Trilateral Wadden Sea Protection and the establishment of marine protected areas . Finally, Wesemüller headed the WWF representation in Berlin.

In 1984 Wesemüller received the Bodo Manstein Medal from the environmental association BUND for his longstanding commitment to the Wadden Sea .

As a founding member of Europarc Germany, Wesemüller has been a member of the board of directors since March 2003 and is primarily dedicated to establishing a transnational system for large protected areas . One success is, for example, the inclusion of the North Sea Wadden Sea as the largest contiguous mudflat area on earth in the UNESCO World Heritage on September 26, 2009.

Web links

• Common Wadden Sea Secretariat (CWSS)
• Interview Wesemüller at Deutschlandradio (2008)
• Europarc Germany
• Department of Seas & Coasts at WWF

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Press release: The Wadden Sea is a UNESCO World Heritage Site  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.