Saltern

"A saltern is an entirely man-made environment, which produces both economic (salt) and ecological wealth: each grade of salinity corresponds to a particular group of fauna and flora, of which pink flamingos are symbolic.We fear a certain fundamentalism in environmental management, which could lead to abandoning these areas to nature. This would be a major economic, cultural and ecological loss."

Jacques Balossier, director of the Salins du Midi and Salins de l'Est saltworks, Aigues-Mortes, Gard, France

in " Planting patterns ", p. 43