The environmental uniqueness of Solar Saltworks, particularly current operations, is based on the fact that they are integrated, profitable, constructed coastal ecosystems, where regular and hyper saline environments coexist and establish highly significant shelters for wildlife.

Solar Saltworks have produced salt by solar evaporation since the dawn of human civilization. Nevertheless, recognition of the unique coastal ecosystems that developed in parallel with the salt production process evolution is often lacking. Hundreds of protected bird species depend on Solar Saltworks ecosystems to feed and/or nest.

Our movement was formed aiming at the following goals:

1.    Identify and promote the ecological importance of Solar Saltworks and their increasing significance for safeguarding and sustainably developing global wetlands.

2.    Foster research into Solar Saltworks ecosystems to further our knowledge, in order to optimize their wetland function and product quality.

3.   Promote and facilitate globally, new Solar Saltworks investments and also restoration of the abandoned small saltworks

4.   Promote all parallel with the solar salt production actions, such as environmental education, salt museums, ecotourism and saline water – mud baths.