Brazil's fresh springs
I knew that Brazil was big, but I didn't know until recently that it harbors almost 14% of the planet's fresh water. Actually, it might not be quite appropriate to call it "fresh," since so much of it is threatened by land degradation, soil runoff and heavy agricultural land use.
That's why WWF-Brazil is applying pressure on Brazilians and the Brazilian government to protect water sources like springs. While Brazil's springs are already classified as Permanent Protection Areas or PPA's, they have been under increasing environmental stress.
WWF hopes that grass roots "adoption" measures will return springs to health; the idea behind the adoption is that communities take responsibility for their own local water sources.
A model draft bill detailing the action is up on the web if you'd like to explore further. Unfortunately for many of us, it's written in Portuguese.
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