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Triple Crisis Meets Trilateral Cooperation

TRICMA²

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Photo: UHH/Alpen

TRICMA² addresses the societal challenges posed by the need to adapt and improve the management and governance of Wadden Sea salt marshes, which is seriously contested by the triple crisis of biodiversity loss, climate change, and pollution. The overarching goal of TRICMA is to create a set of guiding principles to support sustainable trilateral salt marsh management with an explicit focus on engagement with the future generation and involve stakeholders.

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soil science accretion tile

Photo: UHH/Bruhy

Installation at Cappel-Neufeld

Field contrasts in the project are well underway! Plots were installed recently at the field site in Cappel-Neufeld (Niedersachsen, DE)

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Work Packages

WP1: Social-Ecological Learning

WP1 uses stakeholder consultation workshops and targeted youth engagement to create a repository of the diverse knowledges, narratives and voice related to the management of the Wadden Sea.

schreiben an der Tafel

Photo: UHH/Esfandiari

WP2: Ecological Networks

WP2 applies experimental approaches to local ecological networks to assess how these networks respond to single and combined pressures. Ecological networks include interactions between microbial communities, plants, benthos/soil fauna and birds.

mesokosmen

Photo: AWI/Waser

WP3: Ecological Connectivity

WP3 assesses the connectivity of saltmarshes by studying the movement patterns and habitat choice of birds on various spatial scales (patch, landscape to flyaway scales). TMAP monitoring data are used to study habitat choice within saltmarshes

avocet

Photo: CAU/Schwemmer

WP4: Ecosystem Functioning

WP4 relates saltmarsh ecosystem functions of accretion, carbon storage, pollution retention and greenhouse gas exchange to the investigations of ecological networks and connectivity (WP2 and WP3)

marsh

Photo: Universität Münster/Anthony

General Information

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Photo: Van Hall Larenstein/Zernitz

TRICMA², in addition to four other bilateral research projects (ParCA, SALTGARDEN, SedWay, WADWAD) aims to contribute to the development of sustainable management by investigating the triple ecological crisis on the Wadden Sea and its importance for coastal societies. The project is being conducted as part of the Netherlands Science Agenda (Nationale Wetenschapsagenda, NWA) and is funded by the German federal and Dutch governments and the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO).

Publications

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Photo: AWI/van de Merwe

Click here for a list of publications generated within TRICMA² including research articles, scientific posters, flyers and other printed (or digital) media.

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Last update: 15 December 2025

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