Law No. 8.878 providing for Regularization of Rural and Non-Rural Public Lands Occupation within the State of Pará. Country/Territory Brazil Territorial subdivision Pará Document type Legislation Date 2019 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Land & soil Keyword Land reform Public land Agricultural land Concession Land-use planning Land tenure 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 34 articles divided into five Chapters, provides for Regularization of Rural and Non-Rural Public Lands Occupation within the State of Pará. Through the Instituto de Terras do Pará (ITERPA), authorizes to dispose of the public lands, pursuant to the Federal Constitution, and the Constitution of the State. The allocation of rural and non-rural public lands within the State of Pará will be compatible with Agricultural, Environmental, Agrarian, Extractive Forestry, Non-Timber Forestry Products, Urban Development, Land and Industrial Policies. ITERPA is responsible to promote the sale of state public lands, both rural and non-rural, in the form of direct sale to the legitimate applicants or through bidding, in the modality of public competition. The State of Pará shall promote measures that allow the rational and economic use of public, rural and non-rural lands, ensuring that all those who exercise or intend to exercise productive occupation, the opportunity to access property and/or land regularization, in order to comply to the principles of social justice, social function of property, economic order and protection of the environment. Full text Portuguese Website www.sistemas.pa.gov.br