Citizens to protect Lagoa dos Salgados
Mid-March … spring migrating birds are on the move while resident and summer species are gearing up for another breeding season in the Algarve’s Lagoa dos Salgados. Something else is
Positive news for environmentalists battling Algarve mega-development in Praia Grande
The environmental battle that has become synonymous with saving the Algarve’s birding paradise Lagoa dos Salgados from the ravages of mega-tourist development has at last received some positive news. A
Lagoa dos Salgados hosts walk/run event
An evening walk/run event will be taking place on Friday, June 24 at Albufeira’s Lagoa dos Salgados. Beginning at 8.30pm, there will be two routes (8km and 12km). Organised by
Algarve’s “birdwatcher’s paradise” comes under new threat
Just as wildlife at Alcantarilha’s Lagoa dos Salgados begins to benefit from €300,000 worth of environmental investment, poachers are creating havoc – not only depleting the lagoon of fish and
Progress at Salgados? The good, the bad…and the ugly truth
It is two years since Portugal’s largest environmental protest got underway in a bid to save Lagoa dos Salgados from the horrors of coastal development. So, what – if anything
New legal bid to block mega development near Lagoa dos Salgados
News has just emerged of an injunction by six environmental organisations battling to stop the mega tourist complex at Praia Grande, near Lagoa dos Salgados, Silves. The injunction, lodged in
Now Cavaco Brothers plan Salgados development
As we reported recently in The Resident, work has begun on the Herdade dos Salgados complex, overlooking Galé on the Albufeira side of Lagos dos Salgados. Lisbon-based company Hersal, headed
Project controversy
Locals are reporting that the lagoon is half drained and the bird identification signs have quietly been taken down; work has started on the controversial Vila das Lagoas, the new