Promoting tourism businesses for “Salgado de Aveiro” rehabilitation

Aveiro lagoon is a wetland that represents a valuable ecosystem; it has a status of Special Protection Area and Site of Community Importance, under the Nature 2000 network. Inside Aveiro lagoon there is a salt production site known as Salgado de Aveiro, which represents an important cultural value for the region. However, the decline of artisanal salt production has resulted in saltpans abandonment and consequently degradation, affecting negatively their natural and cultural values. Saltpans rehabilitation or maintenance is the only way to conserve those values.