INCRA completes registration of indigenous lands

According to the institute, the measure covers 446 areas representing more than 100 million hectares, in addition to another 11 TIs approved in the final regularization process.

The National Institute of Colonization and Agrarian Reform (Incra) has finalized the inclusion of all indigenous lands (TIs) in the National Rural Register System (SNCR). According to the institute, the measure covers 446 areas representing more than 100 million hectares, in addition to another 11 TIs approved in the final regularization process.

The approval decrees were signed by the president in April Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Registration began in June. Among the registered TIs are Arara do Rio Amônia, in Acre, Avá-Canoeiro, in Goiás, Kariri-Xocó, in Alagoas, Rio dos Índios, in Rio Grande do Sul, Tremembé da Barra do Mundaú, in Ceará, and Uneiuxi, in the Amazon.

“This is the first time in the history of the National Institute of Colonization and Agrarian Reform (INCRA) and the National Foundation of Indigenous Peoples (FUNAI) that this work has been carried out,” INCRA said in a statement. With the completion of registration, the State will have access to “qualified and essential data for the formulation of public policies focused on the agrarian question”He added.

Land bases

Funai explained that this initiative aims to include ITs “in one of the most important land trusts, which includes the registry of all rural properties in the country and their holders, be they owners, tenants, partners, sharecroppers and others; of public land, environmental reserves and indigenous lands” .

Managed by INCRA and the Federal Revenue Agency, the National Rural Registry System constitutes the constituent basis of the National Rural Property Registry (CNIR). Contains data on rural properties, as well as on owners and holders, tenants and rural partners, of public lands and woodlands.

“There are more than seven million private and public properties, exceeding 738 million hectares”Incra concluded.

Source: Terra

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