A strategy for integral and sustainable development
UK traditional salt making sites survey
An extensive survey of UK traditional salt making sites is being conducted at a steady pace. About 150 sites have already been visited by the team based at Bournemouth University. These sites have now been registered and ... Read more
Prints of Salt
In photographic printing processes, especially in the first phase of the history of photography, salt was widely used as part of the image fixing in various media (glass, metal and paper). It was a time when photography was also alchemy.
Reversing this situation and this perspective, Renato Neves, ECOSAL ATLANTIS National Coordinator for Portugal, captured images and contours on the surface of salt, almost as saltpans, clay and salt were photographic films, printing surfaces for more or less ephemeral or more less (im)probable themes.
Prints resulting from the alchemy of salt.
ECOSAL ATLANTIS - Ecotourism in the Atlantic salt-marshes
The main objective of the ECOSAL ATLANTIS project, “Ecotourism in saltworks of the Atlantic: a strategy for integral and sustainable development” is the development of joint, integral and sustainable tourism based on the cultural and natural heritage of traditional Atlantic saltworking sites.
The project focuses on three key activities designed to develop tourism in Atlantic saltworking sites:
These activities respond to the 4 specific objectives of the project:
- To establish guidelines for the management of the natural and cultural heritage of saltworking sites on the basis of a common heritage database.
- To evaluate, enhance the value of and promote the traditional Atlantic saltworking sites by means of a network of players implementing joint actions.
- To maintain or restore the habitats typical of saltworking sites in the framework of eco-tourism.
- To promote the conservation and understanding of Atlantic saltworking sites by circulating information and creating trans-national synergies.
