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Brazil desertification and land restoration efforts

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Brazil is facing significant environmental challenges due to desertification, a process affecting approximately 18% of its territory and threatening the water and food security of roughly 39 million people. This degradation is primarily driven by climate variations and human activities, including deforestation and improper agricultural practices. At the 17th United Nations Conference to Combat Desertification (COP17) in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Brazil announced its voluntary Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) targets for 2030. The government has committed to restoring more than 163,000 km² of degraded land through the recovery of native vegetation, expansion of agroforestry, and conservation in indigenous territories, conservation units, and watersheds. Beyond restoration, Brazil aims to implement sustainable management and prevention practices across 3.51 million km², targeting a total of 3.67 million km² for LDN. This represents approximately 43.1% of the country's territory. Following As the COP17 announcement, 2030 deadline approaches, experts emphasize that success depends on practical implementation and organizations have emphasized the necessity of concrete implementation. Luiza Soares of WWF Global described the goal technical planning. Strategies include assisted natural regeneration, planting native species, and managing ecological succession in priority areas such as ‘ambitious’ but noted it requires an integrated approach involving ecosystem conservation riverbanks, water recharge zones, and agricultural transformation. She also corridors between biomes. Stakeholders have stressed that the importance of including process must integrate traditional knowledge and respect territorial rights. Including local populations whose livelihoods depend on these lands. Pedro Sena of the Caatinga Restoration Network (ReCaa) highlighted in the need design, execution, and monitoring of projects is considered a strategic necessity to ensure higher seedling survival rates and long-term viability. Civil society organizations have also called for societal annual monitoring to ensure soil conservation commitments are met. Rafael Giovanelli from Instituto Escolhas noted that the announcement follows an 11-year delay met and urged for the strengthening of administrative and budgetary structures, specifically such as the regulation of the Caatinga Vegetation Recovery Law. To support these goals, Brazil continues to highlight climate adaptation projects like the ‘Sertão Vivo’ program, which aims to mobilize nearly R$ 1.7 billion to improve water access and land recovery. Additionally, the Araticum initiative remains recognized as a World Restoration Flagship by the UN Environment Programme and the FAO.

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