A strategy for integral and sustainable development
Salinas de Rio Maior receive Geoconservation Award 2012
The municipality of Rio Maior was awarded the 2012 Geoconservation Prize with the application entitled "The Valley of the Diapírico Fonte da Bica / Ecomuseum Salinas de Rio Maior - A Geological, Natural, Historic and Cultural Heritage to Preserve and to Know" This award is recognition for the work that has been done by the local authority, in the revitalization, preservation and dissemination of the saltpans and is also the result of the project ECOSAL ATLANTIS and will contribute decisively to strengthening the cultural identity of the community. Read more (in portuguese).
The Guérande of Hjalmar Dahm
Hjalmar Dahm is a passionate about the salt and the saltpans. His passion led him to many parts of the world, not just as a traveller, but also as a resident for shorter or longer periods. In all these places he has captured beautiful images of landscapes and activities inherent to them. In all of these sites he has made friends. But probably Guérande has been the place where this experience was more intense, where he became a salt maker, paludier.
The attached images show the vision of someone interested in geography and ecology, but simultaneously that have a poetic and romantic perspective of these salt gardens. It is the Guérande of Hjalmar Dahm ...
Currently resides in his native Sweden, where he develops artistic projects and environmental education.
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.
