Brazilian government to grant land titles to Quilombo Casca community

The Brazilian federal government will grant land titles to the Quilombo Casca community in the state of Rio Grande do Sul.

These titles will be part of a larger distribution of 18 land titles intended for 1,119 families across various regions of Brazil during the Novembro Negro period. The ministry for Agrarian Development and Family Farming plans to issue three new titles for Quilombo Casca, covering 27.25 hectares for 85 families.

This community, which celebrated its 200th anniversary in 2024, was the first rural quilombo community in Rio Grande do Sul to receive a land title in 2010. The current regularization process began in 2004, and previous deliveries already secured about 1,200 hectares of the territory. Minister Fernanda Machiaveli announced the upcoming deliveries for November 26 in Brasília. Beyond providing land ownership, the government plans to fund rural housing and productive development for these communities.

The ministry says it has granted 106 titles since 2023, benefiting 11,920 families across nearly 110,000 hectares. The government also intends to launch a territorial governance platform to speed up analysis and increase transparency in land regularization. Other communities set to receive titles include São Tomé do Aporema in Amapá, Nova Batalhinha in Bahia, and several others in Pará, Paraíba, Rio Grande do Norte, Santa Catarina, and Sergipe.