Brazil Towards An Effective Cadastre With Sigef
Marra, Thiago et al.
The implementation of an effective Cadastre in Brazil is a historic challenge. The absence of this instrument means constraints to tenure security, social justice and economic development. Especially in Amazon, the lack of Cadastre complicates the management of public lands, regularization of adverse possessions, encourages irregular exploitation of natural resources, increases land conflicts, reduces the ability to recognize land rights and limits the sustainable development. To contribute to the solution of these problems we developed the Land Management System SIGEF: a cadastral electronic platform for public and private lands, based on the Public Records Act. Using this tool, georeferencing professionals send the surveyed parcels' data directly to government agency for automated validation, online. The system provides results for stakeholders and public consultation, generates standardized documents and allows direct access to the property Registry personnel safely, efficiently and transparently. This enables the connection between land parcels' data from Cadastre and informations of rights and restrictions from Registry. SIGEF is also used for land regularization in Amazon. There are more than 100 thousand parcels of irregular possessions surveyed and validated: over 25 million hectares. More than 60 million hectares of public and private lands all over Brazil, in 11 months of operation.
Event: Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty 2015
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