PERGUNTAS & RESPOSTAS MEDIDA PROVISÓRIA 910 DE 2019

This fact sheet by the Climate Policy Initiative analyzes Provisional Measure (MP) 910 of 2019, which proposes changes to the land regularization of federal public lands in Brazil, specifically affecting the Amazon region. The authors argue that the measure risks rewarding illegal land grabbing and deforestation by easing the requirements for obtaining land titles.

• Provisional Measure (MP) 910 modifies the legal framework for land regularization, which is the process the government uses to grant property titles to informal occupants of federal public lands. It specifically alters Law 11.952 of 2009, which governs the regularization of occupations in federal public lands within the Amazon.
• The document identifies several critical problems with MP 910, including the extension of the eligibility date for land regularization to either December 2014 (per the rapporteur's opinion) or December 2018 (per the original text). This change would allow those who invaded public land after 2011 to obtain titles, potentially legalizing areas subject to illegal burning and deforestation in the Amazon.
• MP 910 proposes expanding the simplified regularization procedure to all occupants regardless of the size of the area. This removes the requirement for on-site inspections of larger areas and fails to establish mechanisms for the land agency to verify compliance with environmental laws.
• The authors assert that MP 910 favors medium and large rural producers over family farmers, indigenous peoples, and traditional communities, for whom land regularization is more bureaucratic and difficult. Furthermore, they argue the measure rewards criminal activity by legalizing the unauthorized occupation of public land and the deforestation of the Amazon or other native vegetation.
• The document notes that MP 910 had not yet been approved by the National Congress as of April 2020. It highlights concerns that the COVID-19 pandemic led to the suspension of in-person activities, moving the voting process online, which the authors claim limits parliamentary discussion and civil society participation.

APA

Chiavari, J., & Lopes, C. L. (2020). PERGUNTAS & RESPOSTAS MEDIDA PROVISÓRIA 910 DE 2019. Climate Policy Initiative. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Perguntas-e-respostas-MP-910-2.pdf

Chicago

Chiavari, Joana, and Cristina Leme Lopes. PERGUNTAS & RESPOSTAS MEDIDA PROVISÓRIA 910 DE 2019. Climate Policy Initiative, 2020. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Perguntas-e-respostas-MP-910-2.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{chiavari2020perguntas, author = {Chiavari, Joana and Lopes, Cristina Leme}, title = {{PERGUNTAS \& RESPOSTAS MEDIDA PROVISÓRIA 910 DE 2019}}, institution = {Climate Policy Initiative}, year = {2020}, month = apr, url = {https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Perguntas-e-respostas-MP-910-2.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }