Investor Presentaiton
The other question that has to be answered is who are these new comers? From what could be
obtained in the region many types of land grabbers are obtaining land in the region: as the Judge
said:
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irregularities in the Cerrado land grabbing involving members of the Judiciary,
Legislative and Executive of Piaui, and authorities in Brasilia. The illegally occupied
lands were acquired by entrepreneurs from Africa and Asia (especially China), Europe,
the United States and other states. Land brokers seek national and foreign investors to
obtain the land that was illegally registered with fraud at the registration offices. Land
grabbing also involves several multinational companies and foreign investment funds as
large areas owners. There are reports of loans in national and international banks in
which the land is given as collateral - when, for the most part, the area in question and
pledged to the financial institution does not exist".
The information provided by stakeholders were unanimous in stating that all these problems are
affecting very sharply the land markets of the region because property rights are at this point all
under suspicion. A very small amount of deals with land has occurred because of these problems
related to the clearness of the property rights.
3. Land grab typology for Brazil
After reporting the body of evidences we will show a comprehensive typology of land grabs in
Brazil, contemplating the roles played by the notaries, land administration related government
institutions, laws and private sector in the land grab frauds.
From these cases a typology that seeks to differentiate between private and public land grabs (the
latter being more usual) and also differentiate between the institutions responsible for the fraud
(land notaries, provincial land institutes, and county administration).
a. public land grab by private agents (usually in terras devolutas) - called grilagem
b. expelling of landholders with titles by large ones, using illegal documents and/or force;
c. expelling of small landholders with no titles by large ones, using illegal documents;View entire presentation