As a result of the environmental service restoration and conservation actions being implemented in the Pratigi Environmental Protection Area, important partnerships have been established by the Land Conservation Organization (OCT) – an institution associated with the Bahia Southern Lowlands Environmental Protection Area Mosaic Program for Development and Growth Integrated with Sustainability (PDCIS), supported by the Odebrecht Foundation. One of these came to be at the start of 2013, when the pilot project Payment for Water Environmental Services (PSA), which promotes the recovery of water sources, earned the direct support of the National Water Agency (ANA).

Associated with the Brazilian Ministry of the Environment, ANA develops the Water Producer program, which supports, orients and certifies Brazilian projects that help reduce the erosion and silting of water sources in the rural environment. “The project meets the parameters established by the agency, primarily because it presents objectives aligned with our work,” said Devanir Garcia, Sustainable Water and Soil Manager at ANA.