Water for Life - ABS Conservation Project
Water for Life Project. Latest news on our support for this project and we will have an update soon. The project aims primarily to provide breeding habitat for amphibians, species under threat of extinction in the area, but of course has benefits for not only birds and larger fauna, but also general aquatic life including plants. Report received July 2019 For the temporary ponds, to avoid creating artificial water input, we choose areas where waterlogging occurs naturally, either by remaining water from fountains or drinking troughs or by runoff water. Once we have selected the area, we just do a small excavation, we put an impermeable material (EPDM) and cover it with stones that will be attached by cement. Once we have a solid grounding, we fill every gap with soil so that over time, the aquatic plants can colonize it. This way, we get a water point as natural as possible. We have scheduled the construction of two water points, and the upgrade of another two, with the m...