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Integrated Task Forces – a Scalable Approach for Improving Tenure Security and Environmental Compliance in the
Amazon
Anselm DuchrowTaiguara Alencar (Presenter)GIZ Brazil
Presented at the Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty 2015: Linking Land Tenure and Use for Shared Prosperity Washington DC - March 23-27, 2015
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Structure:
- The Amazon: Historical Context and Deforestation
- Land Tenure and Environmental Compliance – “two sides of the same coin”
- The New Brazilian Forest Code and Terra Legal Program – two ambitious policies
- Mutirões Integrados – the Integrated Task Forces
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- More than 50% of Brazilian territory
- Almost 5 million km²
- 1970s: Colonization slogans:
- “Integrate not to give it away”
- “Land without men for men without land”
- Highways have dictated the process
- Public Federal Lands (Glebas)
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1997
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The Amazon: Historical Context and Deforestation
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Amazon: Deforestation Rate
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Land Tenure and Environmental Compliance
Terra Legal Program Ministry of Agrarian Development- Coverage: Public Federal Lands
(Glebas) of Legal Amazon (113 million hectares)
- Since 2009- Goal: 160,000 small and medium
land parcels geo-referenced with land titles
- Results in December 2014: 107,809 geo-referenced parcels and 18,731 land titles
Rural Environmental Registry (CAR)- Ministry of Environment- Originated in late 1990s,- Compulsory since 2012- Permanent Preservation Areas
(APPs) and Legal Reserve – integral to CAR
- CAR is compulsory for all Brazilian rural land parcels (national goal: 5.5 million parcels registered)
- Results in March 2015: 616,000 parcels registered
- After the CAR: Programs for Environmental Regularization (PRA)
- Two ambitious and innovative Brazilian policies- “Two sides of the same coin”
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Land Tenure and Environmental Compliance:
Difficulties
Terra Legal Program- Inadequacies in geo-
referencing, software and database resources and procedures
- Inconsistencies in matching geographical data with existing tenure documents
- Remote areas and lack of communication with target communities
- Iliteracy of target communites
Rural Environmental Registry (CAR) - Inconsistencies in analysis and validation of the registers- Inconsistencies between
the CAR database and official land tenure database (including Terra Legal)
- Lack of plans and programs for vegetation regeneration
- Inadequate monitoring.
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Databases Inconsistencies
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Mutirões Integrados: The Integrated Task Forces
- Objective: to overcome the implementation problems of both the environmental and land tenure regularization policies
- All stakeholders involved (federal ministries, the state, environmental authorities, local government, civil society)
- More effective and efficient
- “Sweep Methodology”
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Steps
Pre-requisits
Preparations for Field Work
Field Work (“Mutirão” )
Follow up
- Glebas assigned - Coordinating group in place- Inter-institutional arrangements
settled
- Identification and classification of all tenure and CAR documents
- Organizing logistics- Mobilization of all stakeholders in
the field
- Introductory events for the public - Procedures of title emission and
CAR registration
- Legal and geospatial data queries- Organizing and monitoring of
rehabilitation projects (PRADA)
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Positive Outcomes
• Reduction of costs for geospatial mapping
• Cross-checked information between the tenure and environmental administration.
• Contribution to harmonize registration processes by notaries and integration of environmental and land tenure cadasters
• Strong incentive to comply with environmental obligations.
• Monitoring and enforcement of environmental laws
• Resolution of land conflicts “on the spot”.
• The coordinated institutional work creates trust in regions where there is often a lack of state presence.
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Upscaling challenges
• Establishing consistent attendence benchmarks for all land owners and small scale rural producers
• Increasing the number of technicians involved in field work
• Outsourcing services
• “Roll-out” to all 9 Amazon States
• Work in serious conflict areas
• Support for economic activities for increased production and prosperity for small and medium land owners with properly registered properties.
Perspectives
