Bio-diversity

Community bee cooperative work will take place in this project, involving women, men and young adults in an effort to find alternative solutions to the lack of water, a commonplace problem in rural communities. Environmental and spring conservation education will be offered. Recovery of degraded spring areas will also take place through reforestation with native fruit trees. Sacks of dirt will be used in the construction of dams. The region s agroforestry systems will be analyzed, and seeds will be collected in the communities. A plant nursery will be implemented, and the seedlings transferred to the riparian areas around the springs. Management of these areas is also proposed. This will all take place in the Jequitinhonha Valley region of the state of Minas Gerais.

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