Interministerial Order No. 1 establishing competent authorities for land use planning and colonization according to agricultural Reform. Country/Territory Brazil Document type Regulation Date 1988 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Land & soil Keyword Institution Land-use planning Expropriation Right of use Agricultural land Land reform Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Geographical area Amazonia, Americas, Latin America and the Caribbean, North Atlantic, South America, South Atlantic Entry into force notes This Order enters into force on the date of publication. Abstract This Interministerial Order establishes competent authorities for land use planning and colonization according to agricultural Reform. It specifies that the Brazilian Institute for Forestry Development IBDF and Special Secretary of Environment SEMA shall be the competent authorities for all matters relating to rural land purchase, in particular with agricultural purposes, land expropriation and colonization procedures, etc. Full text Portuguese