{"id":19947,"date":"2022-08-12T11:00:32","date_gmt":"2022-08-12T09:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/resoilfoundation.org\/?p=19947"},"modified":"2022-07-28T17:21:17","modified_gmt":"2022-07-28T15:21:17","slug":"brazil-bolsonaro-land-grabbing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/resoilfoundation.org\/en\/investigation\/brazil-bolsonaro-land-grabbing\/","title":{"rendered":"Brazil, a law has deprived Indigenous people of 250,000 hectares in two years"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the South American country, a disputed 2020 law paved the way for the acquisition of non-demarcated indigenous lands. Despite legal battles more than two-thirds of Brazilan states are still enforcing the legislation<\/h2>\n

by Matteo Cavallito<\/p>\n

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Since April 2020, Brazil’s native peoples have lost more than 250,000 hectares<\/strong> of land under the pressure of acquisitions by private companies according to a report quoted<\/a> by the U.S.-based NGO Mongabay. The investigation focuses on a regulatory reform supported by President Jair Bolsonaro<\/strong>: the so-called Normative Instruction Number 9<\/a> for the “regulation of the requests, analysis and issuance of the Declaration of Recognition of Boundaries in relation to private property.”<\/p>\n

In the past, says Mongabay<\/strong>, applications for land registration of new properties located in indigenous territories were automatically rejected. The new legislation, passed on April 16 two years ago, now allows large landowners “to obtain federal property certificates<\/strong> for areas in any Indigenous territory that has not been officially recognized, or demarcated.”<\/p>\n

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Under Bolsonaro policy, invaders seize control of 250,000 hectares of Indigenous lands https:\/\/t.co\/snsfigXlCA<\/a><\/p>\n

— Mongabay (@mongabay) July 7, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n