Benedito braga biography of alberta
Benedito Braga, president of the World Water Council, stressed to participants that, while water is managed locally, poor water management has global impacts.
This report provides an overview of the Congress and its various components, activities, and achievements.!
Benedito Braga: A fundamental right
Léo Ramos Chaves
Braga in his office at the Department of Sanitation and Water Resources, in central São PauloLéo Ramos ChavesBenedito Braga, an engineer and professor at the Polytechnic School of the University of São Paulo (POLI-USP), has actively worked to disseminate technical knowledge beyond the academic domain.
As president since of the World Water Council, he is among the organizers of the World Water Forum to be hosted by the Brazilian Federal Government and the Federal District Government, in Brasília, from March 19 to This eighth edition of the forum is the first in the Southern Hemisphere and the second in the Americas—in it was hosted by Mexico.
In an interview at the State Department of Sanitation and Water Resources in São Paulo City, Braga—who heads the department—stressed the importance of water being recognized as a central, strategic issue.
It is, after all, a human right recognized as such by the United Nations (UN).