Debates will be promoted with the community and proposals will be presented for recovery of degraded areas and sustainable economic activities for the gold-prospecting population in the Paraguai River spring area. Influencing public policies at the local level toward these objectives is also planned. This will contribute to the conservation of the biodiversity and water resources in the municipalities of Alto Paraguai, Diamantino, Nortelândia, and Arenápolis, in the state of Mato Grosso. Soil degradation processes resulting in erosion and silting up in the region. Information, environmental education, and sustainable economic activities will be presented to the communities in these river spring areas, in an attempt to demonstrate that the conventional gold prospecting activity did not lead to wealth, but rather left a trail of poverty in the region.