As a natural sequence to the ‘mother project', “Seven Rivers” now continues, in 2006 and 2007, with its aim to involve those who live along the riverbanks in protecting their rivers. Once again leading this new development, pilot and engineer Gérard Moss and his wife Margi, together with other team members, will travel the length of seven rivers selected from different regions of the country.

Based on information gathered in the previous phase of the project and on newly-taken aerial images, the team will not only collect new samples all along the rivers, but will make public presentations in the main towns along the route to show local people what their river looks like up or down stream. Listening to the feelings of those who inhabit its banks, it will be easier to understand how each community regards its river and thus determine the best way to mobilize them into taking measures to protect their resources.

Each of the seven campaigns will aim to identify the main risks threatening the selected rivers. Aspects such as irregular occupation of riverbanks, intensive use of fertilizers or weed-killers, soil management and erosion, the state of the riverine forest, sewage treatment, discharge of effluents and proximity of waste dumps will be catalogued. Just as importantly, there will be a chance to identify new opportunities for sustainable development, such as the tourism potential in areas like trekking, canoeing, rafting, bird-watching and sports fishing. All this information will serve as a base for encouraging new conservation programmes with the input and participation of local authorities and NGOs, always taking the social, economic and environmental situation of each specific region into consideration. With the exception of the Araguaia River, the Brasil das Águas team's own personal choice, the other six rivers were selected by a panel of scientists and water resource experts at a workshop held in Brasilia. They are the Grande (in Bahia state), Ribeira do Iguape (Paraná and São Paulo states), Ibicuí (Rio Grande do Sul), Miranda (Mato Grosso do Sul), Verde (Mato Grosso) and Guaporé (forms the border with Bolivia in Mato Grosso and Rondonia) rivers. The first three expeditions were completed in 2006. The next four will be completed by July 2007.