The European Environment Agency (EAP) lists the Wadden Sea National Park, however, in "Category V, Protected Landscape", which corresponds to a conservation area (statement by the UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) in Cambridge dated 23 October 2008).
Die „European Environment Agency“ (EAP) listet den Nationalpark Niedersächsisches Wattenmeer allerdings in der „Category V, Protected Landscape“, also in etwa ein Landschaftsschutzgebiet (schriftliche Auskunft des UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) in Cambridge vom 23. Oktober 2008).