The bird species that breed or winter in the area include royal tern, greater flamingo, Eurasian spoonbill, curlew sandpiper, ruddy turnstone, and little stint.

This region represents an important synergy between nature with extensive biodiversity and the way of human development, which is still present, albeit fragile.

Sustainable shellfish farming is highly developed here and is a very important source of food and export revenue for the local community and Senegal in general.

[2] The Saloum Delta is about 100 km (62 mi) south of the Senegalese capital, Dakar.

[3] In 2022, the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report included Saloum Delta National Park in the list of African natural heritage sites which would be threatened by flooding and coastal erosion by the end of the century, but only if climate change followed RCP 8.5, which is the scenario of high and continually increasing greenhouse gas emissions associated with the warming of over 4 °C.,[4] and is no longer considered very likely.