Institutional innovation in solving land problems in Amazonia: the case of General Office of Justice in Mato Grosso
Reydon, Bastiaan Philip et al.
The state of Mato Grosso has undergone an intense process of colonization in the 70s and 80s, with the sale of public land to private colonizers and individuals. This occupation was pursued in a disorderly way, without identification of public and private lands, due to lack of cadastres. In recent years the federal and state governments have been promoting a series of actions that ultimately aggravate the land issues of the early occupation of the state, increasing legal uncertainty for owners, tenants and government officers in general. The LGAF methodology identified several issues on the agricultural landscape of Mato Grosso. However, it also evidenced that some solutions have already been set in motion by the General Office of Justice of the State of Mato Grosso to remedy problems described by the methodology, such as the creation of a Commission of Land Affairs and Public Records which aims to analyze, discuss and propose solutions through cooperation between land administration agencies. However, the committee is unable to move forward in the solutions of problems as a result of the Instituto de Terras do Mato Grosso (INTERMAT) which refuses to share its land databases that would be key for the resolution of conflicts centered on land ownership in the region.
Event: Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty 2015
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