Brazil: Protecting indigenous land rights in the Amazon rainforest

1. Build capacity with Indigenous Communities in the Tapajós region on the Fit for Purpose (FfP) methodology.
2. To identify, to map the possessions and clarify the rights that the non-indigenous landholders have inside the Indigenous Land (TI). 
3. Provide support to the Foundation for National Indigenous People (FUNAI) in gathering evidence against abuses by mapping illegal land claims and combat deforestation. 
4. Apply fit-for-purpose methods using modern technologies to ensure an inclusive approach to collecting reliable data. Kadaster will work closely with the relevant government institutions in Brazil to help scale-up and integrate these land rights mapping methods.

• Identified and mapped land of non-indigenous people that are living in the Tapajós region and identified which of these areas are breaching the rules for Indigenous Land.
• Proposed a protocol/standard using FfP methodology for reporting areas identified as 'invaders' to the Public Prosecutor's Office.
• Supported and trained the Guardians of the Forest to make this type of report.
• Set up an exchange program with the Federal Universities of Pará (UFOPA or UFPA) to train undergraduate and postgraduate students in geoprocessing at the University of Twente in Enschede, the Netherlands.

• Instituto Governança de Terras (IGT)
• Dutch Embassy in Brazil

October 2024 - April 2025