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Securing Community Land Rights: Priorities and Opportunities to Advance Climate And Sustainable Development Goals

Policy Papers & Briefs
October, 2017
Global, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, Asia
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Gender
climate change
community land rights
indigenous peoples' land rights
land conflicts
land registration
Legally recognized and secure land and resource rights are fundamental to the advancement of global peace, prosperity, and sustainability. From the development of human cultures to the realization of democracy itself, tenure security underpins the very fabric of human society and our relationship to the natural environment. Today, insecure tenure rights threaten the livelihoods and wellbeing of a third of the world’s population, and with it, the very future of our planet.
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RELIGIOSIDADE TRUKÁ E O RIO SÃO FRANCISCO (PE)

UM ESTUDO DA VIOLÊNCIA SIMBÓLICA DAS GRANDES OBRAS

Reports & Research
February, 2017
Latin America and the Caribbean, South America, Brazil
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land Conflicts
indigenous peoples' land rights
indigenous peoples' lands
Indigenous Peoples
indigenous people's tenure
land inheritance rights
land investments
land rights
Esta Dissertação de Mestrado pretende propor uma reflexão sobre cosmologia e território entre os Truká, povo indígena ribeirinho morador do submédio São Francisco, que habita no arquipélago cuja maior ilha é a Ilha da Assunção, localizada no Município de Cabrobó (PE).
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A LUTA PELA EFETIVAÇÃO DOS DIREITOS ÉTNICOS E TERRITORIAIS DAS COMUNIDADES QUILOMBOLAS EM CONFLITOS SOCIOAMBIENTAIS

REFLEXÕES CRÍTICAS SOBRE A ATUAÇÃO EXTENSIONISTA NA DEFESA DOS DIREITOS ÉTNICOS E TERRITORIAIS DA COMUNIDADE QUILOMBOLA DE QUEIMADAS

Journal Articles & Books
October, 2017
Latin America and the Caribbean, South America, Brazil
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Investments
Land Conflicts
community land rights
disturbance
extractive industries
land conflicts
land dispute
land governance
land inheritance rights
land rights
local communities
mining
right of first occupancy
territory
Este artigo possui o objetivo de analisar, criticamente, a ação extensionista promovida na defesa dos direitos étnicos e territoriais da comunidade quilombola de Queimadas, no procedimento administrativo para a certificação da desconformidade do empreendimento minerário denominado “Projeto Serro”, à legislação de uso e ocupação do solo do Município do Serro.
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Governança de Terras: Da Teoria à Realidade Brasileira

Journal Articles & Books
January, 2017
Latin America and the Caribbean, South America, Brazil
Land & Investments
land governance
land law
agrarian reform
rights to the city
deforestation
rural areas
urban land
illegal occupation
community land rights
tenure insecurity
property
government
O quadro legal e institucional, construído historicamente, que regulamenta a propriedade e a posse da terra no Brasil tem sido responsável por vários tipos de problemas fundiários no país que vão desde os conflitos de terras rurais, a ausência de moradias urbanas, as ocupações de terras rurais e urbanas (por alguns, chamadas de invasões), o desmatamento das florestas tropicais, a grande concen- tração da terra tanto rural quanto urbana à insegurança jurídica da terra em geral.
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Cadastro Territorial no Brasil

Journal Articles & Books
January, 2018
South America, Brazil
Forest Landscape Restoration
Forest Tenure
land governance
development
sustainable development
environment
natural resources
Esse E-book tem como escopo divulgar um dos resultados das investigações e reflexões realizadas no âmbito do Projeto de Pesquisa “Governança Fundiária e Integração: Alternativas para o Desenvolvimento Sustentável na Amazônia”, com financiamento da CAPES, no Programa Pró-Integração, Edital N° 3157/2013, Processo N° 23038.009858/2013-31. Os trabalhos iniciaram em 2014 e finalizaram em novembro de 2018.
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LAND GOVERNANCE, LAND POLICY AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLE LAND USE AND ACCESS RIGHTS IN THE BRAZILIAN AMAZON AND MATOPIBA AFTER THE CONSTITUTION OF 1988.

Conference Papers & Reports
March, 2017
Latin America and the Caribbean, South America, Brazil
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
land governance
land law
land policies
infrastructure
indigenous peoples' lands
territory
land access
right of access
indigenous peoples' land rights
indigenous people's tenure
government
Indigenous Peoples
Internationally there are an alarming number of violations of indigenous peoples’ land and human rights. Brazil is currently under the spotlight as the heightening of the political crisis that led to the impeachment of Dilma Rousseff brings national and international concerns over the uncertainty related to changes in policy that may be adopted by the interim Government in relation to indigenous peoples land rights.
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BRAZILIAN RURAL PROPERTY TAXATION AND ITS RECENT STRUCTURAL CHANGES

Conference Papers & Reports
March, 2017
Latin America and the Caribbean, South America, Brazil
land governance
environment
land economics
land tax
property
government
The article aims to evidence existing gap between the declarations for ITR and the amount that should be collected. To better understand its limitations, a historical backgroung is outlined along with its mechanisms and known frauds. All legal and regulatory changes were presented as well.
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III Seminário Internacional de Governança de Terras e Desenvolvimento Econômico: Regularização Fundiária

Journal Articles & Books
January, 2018
Latin America and the Caribbean, South America, Brazil
land administration
cadastres
cadastral register
cadastral administration
land governance
sustainable development
land policies
urbanization
environment
deforestation
communal territory
indigenous peoples' lands
rural areas
urban areas
urban land
land conservation
sustainable land use
land acquisitions
foreign investment
land tax
public ownership
tenure regularization
private property
state property
government
local communities
private sector
É com enorme satisfação que apresentamos o resultado dos trabalhos do III SEMINÁRIO INTERNACIONAL DE GOVERNANÇA DE TERRAS E DESENVOLVIMENTO ECONÔMICO: REGULARIZAÇÃO FUNDIÁRIA, evento realizado entre os dias, 7, 8 e 9 de junho de 2017, no anfiteatro do Instituto de Economia da Unicamp.
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Land Governance and Development in Brazilian Rural Space: A comparison between Livestock and Agricultural production in Mato Grosso do Sul state.

Journal Articles & Books
January, 2017
Latin America and the Caribbean, South America, Brazil
land governance
development
farmland
livestock
agriculture
land markets
land speculation
transaction costs
land investments
land tenure systems
research
government
This article presents a comparison for the impact from lack of land governance in Brazil between livestock and agricultural production. It begins with a brief description of the land regulatory system and its development in Mato Grosso do Sul State and Brazil. The methodology was based on focus groups research, conducted by CEPEA/USP (Center for advanced Studies on Applied Economics/University of São Paulo) on local production sites in Mato Grosso do Sul state, where a regional modal farm was established.
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Os Zoneamento urbanos e a irregularidade das moradias em Campinas, SP

Conference Papers & Reports
May, 2017
Latin America and the Caribbean, South America, Brazil
Urban Tenure
poverty
land policies
urban planning
zoning
urbanization
slums
urban areas
urban land
informal settlements
O presente artigo é parte de um projeto de pesquisa maior, com apoio do Banco Interamericano de Desenvolvimento (BID), a Universidade de Campinas (UNICAMP), por meio do Grupo de Governança de Terras (GGT), e com apoio da equipe de pesquisa da Toledo e Associados (T&A). Temos como objetivo analisar os Planos Diretores e o zoneamento determinado por eles e como eles a influenciam as escolhas da população ao se estabelecerem em área irregulares na Região Metropolitana de Campinas (RMC).