AVANÇOS OU RETROCESSOS NA REGULARIZAÇÃO FUNDIÁRIA?

The briefing analyzes the transition from Provisional Measure MP nº 910/2019 to Bill PL nº 2633/2020, concluding that the proposed environmental safeguards are ineffective. It argues that relying solely on the verification of environmental fines and embargoes allows illegally deforested areas to be titled without requiring the regularization of environmental liabilities, effectively rewarding environmental crimes. The authors suggest that the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply (MAPA) should strategically integrate land and environmental policies to ensure compliance with the Forest Code.

• The environmental safeguards proposed in Bill PL nº 2633/2020 are considered limited and ineffective because they rely primarily on checking for environmental infringement notices and embargoes. This approach risks titling illegally deforested areas without requiring owners to regularize environmental liabilities, effectively acting as a "reward" for those who committed environmental crimes.
• Regarding pre-titling safeguards, PL nº 2633/2020 offers no advancement over existing regulations, as its requirements for declaring the absence of environmental embargoes or infractions are identical to those established in Decree nº 10.592/2020.
• The post-titling safeguards in PL nº 2633/2020 are described as a regression compared to Decree nº 10.592/2020. The bill requires the land agency to check if an environmental infraction was judged within 30 days, a timeframe the authors claim is practically impossible given the administrative defense periods established by Decree nº 6.514/2008.
• Analysis of INCRA data indicates that land regularization for properties up to four fiscal modules already covers over 90% of existing occupations, undermining the argument that the law needs to be changed to expand the use of self-declaration for larger properties.
• The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply (MAPA) is currently responsible for both land policy and environmental regularization under the Forest Code, presenting a unique opportunity to integrate these policies strategically and synergistically.
• The document highlights a critical gap in environmental enforcement: between 2005 and 2018, less than 1% of deforested areas in the Amazon were subject to environmental inspection, meaning only 1 in 100 illegally deforested areas received sanctions.

APA

Chiavari, J., & Lopes, C. L. (2021). AVANÇOS OU RETROCESSOS NA REGULARIZAÇÃO FUNDIÁRIA? Climate Policy Initiative. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/NT-Avancos-ou-Retrocessos-na-Regularizacao-Fundiaria.pdf

Chicago

Chiavari, Joana, and Cristina Leme Lopes. AVANÇOS OU RETROCESSOS NA REGULARIZAÇÃO FUNDIÁRIA? Climate Policy Initiative, 2021. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/NT-Avancos-ou-Retrocessos-na-Regularizacao-Fundiaria.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{chiavari2021avanos, author = {Chiavari, Joana and Lopes, Cristina Leme}, title = {{AVANÇOS OU RETROCESSOS NA REGULARIZAÇÃO FUNDIÁRIA?}}, institution = {Climate Policy Initiative}, year = {2021}, month = feb, url = {https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/NT-Avancos-ou-Retrocessos-na-Regularizacao-Fundiaria.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }