Insecure Land Rights in Brazil: Consequences for Rural Areas and Challenges for Improvement

The report argues that Brazil's insecure land rights hinder economic growth and environmental protection, specifically in rural areas where agriculture is a key GDP driver. It identifies five urgent consequences of this insecurity: land-related conflicts and violence, a lack of tenancy markets, increased deforestation, unconventional land use decisions, and production inequality for small farms. The document further outlines systemic governance challenges, including institutional complexity, limitations of the Land Registry, and the absence of an integrated database for public and private land.

• Brazil's property rights rankings are low compared to global standards, placing 64th on the 2015 International Property Rights Index and 95th on the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitive Index.
• Insecure land rights in rural Brazil lead to five primary negative outcomes: land-related conflicts and violence, the absence of tenancy markets, higher rates of deforestation, unconventional land use decisions, and production inequality affecting small farms.
• The improvement of land rights in Brazil is obstructed by three main governance challenges: the complexity of institutions, the limitations of the Land Registry, and the lack of an integrated, authoritative database for public and private land.

APA

Climate Policy Initiative (2016). Insecure Land Rights in Brazil: Consequences for Rural Areas and Challenges for Improvement. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/publication/insecure-land-rights-brazil-consequences-rural-areas-challenges-improvement/

Chicago

Climate Policy Initiative. Insecure Land Rights in Brazil: Consequences for Rural Areas and Challenges for Improvement. 2016. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/publication/insecure-land-rights-brazil-consequences-rural-areas-challenges-improvement/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{climatepolicyinitiative2016insecure, author = {{Climate Policy Initiative}}, title = {{Insecure Land Rights in Brazil: Consequences for Rural Areas and Challenges for Improvement}}, institution = {Climate Policy Initiative}, year = {2016}, month = aug, url = {https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/publication/insecure-land-rights-brazil-consequences-rural-areas-challenges-improvement/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }