Brazil is investing to guarantee water security and fight desertification

In 1995, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed June 17 as The World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought.

And the Brazilian government has made historic efforts to ensure water security and preserve its biomes from desertification.

Today, more than 100 million trees are being planted to restore springs and degraded river areas. Since 2019, over 47,106 wells, cisterns, simplified supply systems and desalination units have been built, benefiting people from the most isolated rural communities.

The federal government also finalized the construction of 700km+ of canals that transfer water from the San Francisco river basin throughout the semiarid Northeast region.

By 2022, the current government will have delivered Section IV of the Canal do Sertão Alagoano; the Water Belt of Ceará; the Coastal Canal Paraibana; the Agreste Pernambuco Water Supply and Canal; the Oiticica Dam.

Today, Brazil is still working to enable the construction of more irrigation works, such as; Extension of Salt; Seridó Water Supply; Canal of the Sertão of Bahia; and, Xingó Canal.