2011 CEST, Rhodes, Greece

The organizing committee of the 12th International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology (CEST 2011) devoted a special session on the Ecological Importance of Solar Saltworks in which the following researchers presented papers:

• Sui Lying reported on a full-scale project that undergoes in Bohai Bay, China where four desalination plants discharge their effluents into nearby Solar Saltworks in order to reduce the adverse impact on the marine environment.
• Sonia Sejourne referred to SALINS Group commitment and professionalism to biodiversity conservation and their current ecological actions implemented on the salt marshes, a Life Nature Project.
• Renato Rocha argues that there is an urgent need to establish a strategy that promotes the inclusion of Brazilian Solar Saltworks as conservation zones.
• Katia Huesso referred to European Salt Museums, their characterization and evaluation and their increasing role in local communities.
• Nikolaos Korovessis analysed the differences and similarities between Solar Saltworks and the natural coastal lagoons.
• Steve Davis presented an integrated study on the Solar Saltworks biological Process and the Sustainable and Economic Manufacture of high quality solar saltworks when they feed with high nutrient intake.