Investor Presentaiton
Source: FNP several years
The grabbing of land in the region began in the 90s and since then, the same squatters are
recurrently identified. These take possession of the land and recorded in the registry of property
fraudulently, often with the help of law enforcement agencies.
The problem is so large that even a specific Agrarian Court was created in 2012 that is in charge
of all land conflicts existing in the region³.
The land tenure problems are due to the legal uncertainties related to the ownership of the land.
As most previews owners with manly subsistence agriculture occupied the area for centuries no
much land registration was done. With the introduction of the very intensive and high value
crops the demand for land increased very sharply. The ways these new comers obtained land is
not very clear, but they were able to register these new properties at the registration offices from
different municipalities.
But some evidences are clear as the Judge of Agrarian Court (Mr. Heliomar Rios Ferreira) has,
between 2011 and 2015, blocked the registries of properties accounting for 6 millionª of ha. And
as the Corregedoria de Justiça of Piauí after pressure of the Judge has intervened and cancelled
all actions of around 12 Land Registration Offices (Cartórios de Registros de imóveis) as a
result of the pressure of the Judge and other defenders of the small landowners of the region.
CONDEPI and
The problems with land are not only caused by the land grabbing by the large landowners, the
government itself is part of the problem, as the state land companies,
INTERMAT have been giving/selling out plots of land to the newcomers.
3 The municipalities that are under the jurisdiction of the Vara Agrária de Bom Jesus are: Ribeiro Gonçalves,
Santa Filomena, Uruçuí, Antônio Almeida, Bertolínia, Eliseu Martins, Manoel Emídio, Landri Sales, Marcos
Parente, Floriano, Guadalupe, Itaueira, Jerumenha, Barreira do Piauí, Gilbués, Monte Alegre do Piauí, Palmeiras do
Piauí, Cristino Castro, Baixa Grande do Ribeiro, Santa Luz, Currais, Corrente e Cristalândia do Piauí, Sebastião leal,
Canavieira, Redenção do Gurguéia.
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In: http://oglobo.globo.com/brasil/tribunal-de-justica-diz-que-terras-griladas-no-piaui-chegam-r-195-bilhoes-
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Municipalities with cartórios under intervention Alagoinha, Ribeiro Gonçalves, Baixa Grande do Ribeiro, Bom
Jesus, Gilbués, Uruçuí, Palmeira do Piauí, Parnaguá, Santa Filomena, Morro Cabeça no Tempo, Júlio Borges,
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