Law No. 13.900 creating the Land and Agrarian Reform Institution of the State of Pernambuco (ITERPE). Country/Territory Brazil Territorial subdivision Pernambuco Document type Legislation Date 2009 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Agricultural & rural development, Land & soil Keyword Institution Traditional rights/customary rights Land reform Dispute settlement Abandoned land/unoccupied land Agricultural development Agricultural land Cadastre/land registration Prescription/adverse possession Right of use Geographical area Amazonia, Americas, Latin America and the Caribbean, North Atlantic, South America, South Atlantic Entry into force notes This Law enters into force on the day of its publication. Abstract This Law, consisting of 6 Chapters and 1 Annex, creates the Land and Agrarian Reform Institution of the State of Pernambuco (ITERPE). It establishes composition, duties and responsibilities of this State authority under the Agriculture and Agrarian Reform Secretariat, which is entitled to carry out the agricultural policy, to regulate and reorganize the rural lands within the State of Pernambuco; to manage land use and ownership conflicts; to allow settlement to no-land farmers; to manage and promote means for the socio-economic and environmental development of settled households; to represent the State against any land administrative and legal discrimination; to recognize legal land ownership and cleared lands; to promote actions towards the democratization of access and adjudication of lands, according to the baselines of the sustainable development; to develop and establish criteria for public and private land use, etc. Full text Portuguese Website www.soleis.adv.br References - Legislation Implemented by Decree No. 34.497 approving the Regulation of the Land and Agrarian Reform Institution of the State of Pernambuco (ITERPE). Legislation | Brazil | 2009 Keyword: Institution, Traditional rights/customary rights, Land reform, Dispute settlement, Abandoned land/unoccupied land, Agricultural development, Agricultural land, Cadastre/land registration, Prescription/adverse possession, Right of use Source: FAO, FAOLEX