Minas D'Agua

APPs - Permanent Preservation Areas - are extremely important in reducing the impacts caused by natural and human action on nature, in order to preserve biodiversity, control erosion and reduce pollution through the vegetation in these areas. The vegetation present in PPAs provides stability to the soil through the roots of its plants, preventing erosion on steep slopes; it reduces the impact of rainfall on the soil and the roots contribute to its porosity, so it is less compacted and water is better absorbed into the water table, which prevents pollution of watercourses by the movement of soil particles and toxic waste through surface water runoff. (Source: https://www.esalqjrflorestal.org.br/post/import%C3%A2ncia-das-%C3%A1reas-de-preserva%C3%A7%C3%A3o-permanente-apps).

In this sense, Cooxupé has the Minas D'água project, which began in 2017 with the aim of contributing to the preservation of the APP's located at the headwaters of the Guaxupé River and Guaranésia - MG, which helps to improve the quality and quantity of water captured for human consumption and helps producers to be within the legality of the Brazilian Forest Code, which is a world reference in environmental preservation legislation.