On the Nationalpark Wattenmeer website, identify the central legal basis for the protection of the National Parks as stated on the 'Legal Basis' page. Additionally, find out the year when Schleswig-Holstein and Lower Saxony designated their Wadden Sea sections as National Parks. Provide both pieces of information.
Navigate to the 'Schützen' (Protect) section. Click on the 'Nationalparke im Wattenmeer' link under 'Instrumente zum Schutz des Wattenmeers'. Locate and note the year when Schleswig-Holstein and Lower Saxony designated their Wadden Sea sections as National Parks. Click on the 'Rechtsgrundlagen' (Legal Basis) link. Identify and state the central legal basis for the protection of the National Parks as explicitly mentioned on this page.
State that the central legal basis for the protection of the National Parks are the National Park Laws of the three federal states ('Nationalpark-Gesetze der drei Bundesländer'). State that Schleswig-Holstein and Lower Saxony designated their Wadden Sea sections as National Parks in 1985.