An investigation of real estate registration offices in Pará, coordinated by Anoreg (Association of Notaries and Civil Registrars of Brazil), identified the unjustified administrative cancellation of 700 registrations of rural properties, carried out by the registration offices themselves, according to the determination of the National Inspectorate of Justice. Of this total, 69 zones belong to public authorities and total approximately 28,000 km² of land.
The study examined blocked or canceled registrations in the context of measures adopted to combat land grabbing in Pará. Individual analysis of the records revealed flaws in the way these data were recorded and used as a basis for estimating the scale of the land problem.
After this review, the number of properties classified as irregular fell from 10,728 to 9,691. The reduction results primarily from the elimination of duplication. In many cases, the same property was counted more than once because it was registered in different registry offices or because the original registration had been added to the divisions.
The survey also examined the territorial area associated with land grabbing. Previous studies estimated that around 75% of Pará’s territory would be covered by blocked or canceled registrations. The new calculation reduces this area to 462,500 km², or a little more than half the figure published until then.
Another point highlighted is the concentration of problematic files. Five municipalities — Altamira, São Félix do
According to the authors, the study shows that blocking or canceling registrations does not, in itself, amount to land grabbing. There are cases of clerical errors, unintentional overlaps and titles issued without territorial support, the result of decades of fragmented public policies and the absence of an integrated system of land governance.
The analysis highlights that federal colonization programs, decentralized issuance of titles and successive changes in territorial delimitation generated documents with original defects. In some municipalities, the same property was registered in up to four civil status offices.
The work argues that the fight against land grabbing in Pará requires case-by-case analysis, technical correction of records and public policies targeting areas with the highest concentration of irregularities, avoiding generic diagnoses that treat each cancellation as proof of illegal land appropriation.
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