House of Representatives tries to vote provisional measure that legalizes land grabbing

During the pandemic, the Brazilian House of Representatives tried to vote the Provisional Measure (MP) 910/2019, issued by president Bolsonaro and dubbed “Land grabbers PM” by its critics. To become law, the House has to vote the MP until May 19th, when it expires. The MP will make legal and register rural properties of up to 1400 hectares invaded by land grabbers in the Amazon. It also allows ownership of properties invaded until 2018. Law-makers and civil society consider the measure unconstitutional.

The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) said that the measure doesn’t work as a tool for land-title regularization, as their proponents defend. Instead, WWF says it promotes “amnesty to illegalities”. Another NGO, the Socioambiental Institute (ISA), alleges that the MP “facilitates public land-grabbing” and increases pressure on indigenous lands.