Regularización Sustentable de la Tierra – Transformación Económica, Social y ambiental
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TTERRA NOVA mejora la calidad de vida de las familias pobres residentes en barrios marginales urbanos. A través de la resolución pacífica de conflictos por las tierras y gestión del proceso de regularización. Permitimos a los residentes indemnizar a los propietarios y llegar a la compra de las tierras que ocupan, lo que resulta en una mejora significativa de su calidad de vida económica, social y ambiental.
Sobre ti
Sección 1: Sobre ti
Nombre
André
Apellido
Albuquerque
Correo electrónico
Página web
País
Brasil, PR
Sección 2: Sobre tu organización
¿Esta iniciativa está vinculada a alguna organización establecida?
Nombre de la organización
Terra Nova Regularizações Fundiárias
Página web de la organización
Teléfono de la organización
+55 41 3074 0800
Dirección postal de la organización
Rua Ângelo Stival, 57, Santa Felicidade, Curitiba
País de la organización
Brasil, PR
La organización es
OSC/ONG
¿Hace cuánto tiempo la organización fue fundada?
Menos de un año
Sobre tu idea
Título de la innovación
Regularización Sustentable de la Tierra – Transformación Económica, Social y ambiental
Describe tu proyecto o Idea innovadora
TTERRA NOVA mejora la calidad de vida de las familias pobres residentes en barrios marginales urbanos. A través de la resolución pacífica de conflictos por las tierras y gestión del proceso de regularización. Permitimos a los residentes indemnizar a los propietarios y llegar a la compra de las tierras que ocupan, lo que resulta en una mejora significativa de su calidad de vida económica, social y ambiental.
País donde se focaliza tu trabajo
Brasil, PR
Innovación
¿Qué es lo que hace que tu idea sea única?
Terra Nova, a for-profit land regularization company, is unique in 2 ways. First, it redefines the role of the government vis-à-vis land rights for urban areas that are privately held. Before Terra Nova was established, the government was the primary entity responsible for resolving the complex issues associated with land regularization which involves indemnifying land owners via expropriation, requiring significant financial resources. Terra Nova created an alternative for these communities who, through their own efforts and financial resources and with our support, act as agents of transformation, engaging land owner and government in the regularization process.
Second, Terra Nova’s conflict resolution methodology resolves long standing and tense relations between proprietor and occupants. It provides a peaceful alternative to judicial actions which can last years and involve the forceful removal of entire communities. Our firm’s innovation lies in applying the concept of “original acquisition” for the first time in a practical manner. It allows for the expropriation by the courts (vs. the executive branch) of the irregularly occupied land when both proprietor and occupant jointly and in a consensual manner request this action be taken. This permits the titling of the land without being characterized as a sale, transfer or donation of property. This eliminates 1) the extensive bureaucracy associated with title transfer and 2) all liens against the land including property transfer taxes.
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Impacto
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¿Cuál fue el impacto obtenido hasta el momento?
Terra Nova has served 20,000 families since its inception providing its communities with economic, social and environmental benefits.
Economic Benefits- residents see the value of their newly acquired land increase dramatically as a result of titling and obtain access to credit and new employment opportunities. Proprietors are compensated for the occupied land and the government receives property taxes. We estimate that the regularization of these 20,000 families has transformed $252 million of dead assets into capital. (This is the estimated valuation of the regularized land only).
Social Benefits- families benefit both physically and emotionally from 1) improved living conditions from the implementation of basic infrastructure such as sewer systems, water and electricity 2) the absence of the threat of forced removal and 3) capacity building of community leaders to actively participate in the transformation of their neighborhood. Land Rights have generally been associated with improved health, safety, education and the reduction of child labor and domestic violence.
Environmental Benefits- communities receive infrastructure which considerably reduces its impact on the environment. Residents are educated on environmental issues and recycling programs. Also, families residing in environmentally sensitive areas are relocated.
Jd União, a community of 900 families, is an example of the impact of Terra Nova’s work. As a result of Terra Nova’s regularization process, it has seen the implementation of water and electricity lines, a sewer system, paved roads, day care facilities and bus transportation.
Problema
It is estimated that Brazil has 1.8 million urban households without formal titling. As a result, these communities are filled with precariously built housing on land without infrastructure. Regularization has been handled primarily by the government agencies which are constrained by excessive bureaucracy, few resources and changing administrations. Terra Nova provides a scalable and sustainable alternative to government initiatives.
The partnership that Terra Nova formed with COHAPAR, the housing agency of the state of Parana, highlights the efficacy of Terra Nova’s regularization model compared to the efforts of the government. From 2004-2007, COHAPAR and Terra Nova formed a partnership to regularize areas in the metropolitan region of Curitiba. According to a COHAPAR executive, the partnership regularized 7,000 families, while the housing agency managed to regularize only 1,500 households in areas where it acted alone during the same time period.
Acciones
Terra Nova plans to expand its services to the major metropolitan areas of Brazil. To do this, we are seeking partnerships with financial institutions to support this growth. Currently, our service fee is a percentage of the indemnification payments the residents make to the land owner. These payments are made over an average 8 year period yet our firm incurs most of its costs in the period before the first payment is made. This has limited Terra Nova’s ability to grow at the pace we desire. We are currently seeking partnerships with banking institutions to finance the residents. This would provide Terra Nova with its service fee upfront, enabling a much more rapid expansion to serve an estimated 90,000 families in 5 years
Resultados
A partnership with such an institution would enable Terra Nova to expand much more rapidly in its target markets (São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro) and achieve the following results in the next 3 years:
Year 1 – Serve over 25,000 families*, transform dead assets into capital ~ $324 million
Year 2 – Serve over 29,000 families*, transform dead assets into capital ~ $377 million
Year 3 – Serve over 45,000 families*, transform dead assets into capital ~ $580 million
*accumulated up from 20,000 today
¿A cuántas personas beneficia tu iniciativa anualmente?
Menos de 100
¿Cuál es el ingreso mensual promedio de la comunidad beneficiada? (en Dólares)
Menos de $50
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De ser así, ¿cómo
Sustentabilidad
¿En qué etapa se encuentra la innovación?
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Por favor, cuéntanos como todas estas alianzas son fundamentales para el desarrollo de tu innovación.
Terra Nova is at an important inflection point to scale and requires capital to grow.
The most critical partnership for Terra Nova is one that would provide for the discounting of our receivables portfolio. This would resolve our greatest challenge - a cash flow mismatch, enabling Terra Nova to grow much more rapidly than it has to date. It would also provide greater flexibility to enhance our Community Fund. A percentage of Terra Nova’s fees are allocated to this fund for the benefit of the occupants. Its proceeds are used for projects they deem necessary which are beyond the scope of the government’s initiative (e.g., community centers, daycare facilities, etc).
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Tu historia
¿Cuál fue el momento decisivo que te llevó a desarrollar esta innovación? Cuéntanos tu historia
I began my career working at the town hall of Pinhais, in the metropolitan area of Curitiba, Paraná working on environmental projects. After one year, I was appointed to the ministry of social work to establish and preside over its housing agency. It was at this time that I began my work in mediating conflicts between land owners and occupants who were being threatened with forced removal. Shortly thereafter, a change in administration resulted in the termination of the housing agency by the new mayor. This is when I decided to create Terra Nova to continue the work so important to these communities.
Cuéntanos sobre la persona que está detrás de este proyecto – el innovador social. Incluye una biografía
Since I was an adolescent, I felt the need to do something to improve the quality of living of people in need definitively and on a global scale. I studied environmental law and later found a natural vocation for mediating conflicts and promoting agreements while practicing law. I also dedicated substantial time and energy on my personal growth, to better understand myself and humanity. After graduating, I worked and lived at the International Holistic University of Brasilia where I learned of various philosophies and religions that helped me understand the higher purpose of humankind in this world.
I strive to transmit hope and confidence that we can live in a different world where every human has their basic needs satisfied. My goal is to encourage others in joining Terra Nova’s mission for sustainably promoting peace and quality of life for those in need.
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