Historical Organization
Ministry of Agrarian Development
Ministry of Agrarian Development
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Organization Timeline
Decree 4,887 establishes a process for collective quilombola land titles
📅 20 November 2003Decree 4,887 regulated identification, recognition, delimitation, demarcation and titling of quilombola lands. It adopted self-identification as a starting point and defined territories through...
Decree 4,883 transfers quilombola land regularization to agrarian authorities
📅 20 November 2003Decree 4,883 transferred federal responsibility for delimiting quilombola lands from the Ministry of Culture to the Ministry of Agrarian Development. The change placed the process within a land and...
INCRA issues its first detailed procedure under Decree 4,887
📅 24 March 2004INCRA Normative Instruction 16 set administrative steps for identifying, recognizing, delimiting, demarcating and titling quilombola lands. It began translating the 2003 decree into an agency process....
INCRA revises the administrative path to quilombola titles
📅 19 September 2005Normative Instruction 20 again regulated identification and titling, adding procedures for demarcation, removal of conflicting occupants and registration. Repeated rule-making reflected real...
INCRA’s new instruction reshapes quilombola titling requirements
📅 29 September 2008Normative Instruction 49 replaced earlier rules and formalized the administrative route for quilombola land cases. Supporters presented it as procedural regulation; community advocates criticized...
INCRA replaces the contested titling rules again
📅 20 October 2009Normative Instruction 57 established a new procedure for quilombola land identification, demarcation and titling, superseding the 2008 instruction. The repeated revisions reflected continuing conflict...
Brazil creates a national policy for quilombola territorial and environmental management
📅 20 November 2023Decree 11,786 established the National Policy for Quilombola Territorial and Environmental Management (PNGTAQ). It recognizes territories as foundations for physical, social, cultural, economic and...
Brazil reports progress and continuing barriers in quilombola land titling
📅 31 December 2024Brazil’s 2024 government reporting described the Alcântara quilombola territory as moving toward titling after a decades-long conflict, with recognition steps allowing the titling process to begin....
Brazil announces land titles for ten quilombola territories
📅 3 November 2026Brazil’s Ministry of Agrarian Development announced that 18 land titles covering ten quilombola territories in eight states will be issued on 26 November, benefiting 1,119 families across more than...