The quilombola territory of Peruana, located in the municipality of Óbidos (PA), received the definitive title from the land regularization process. The community occupies a territory of 1,900 hectares, inhabited by 
sixteen families.
The document was signed by the president of the National Institute of Colonization and Agrarian Reform (Incra) Leonardo Góes, and by the president of the Remnant Association of Blacks of the Peruana Area, Cleone de Souza Matos.
“The granting of the title of ownership has a significant meaning for the families residing there, as it guarantees the quilombolas the right to use and enjoy the land granted by the Brazilian state in their favor. The greater significance of this act is the legal security that arises from it. Now, the remnants of quilombos from the Peruana community are the legitimate 
owners of the land they live on,” highlighted Raquel Araújo Amaral, manager of the quilombola service of Incra in Santarém, the municipality where the title was signed.
The titling does not bring any financial burden to the quilombola groups. The document is issued in the name of the associations that legally represent these communities and includes clauses of inalienability, imprescriptibility, and non-encumbrance. The signing of the title represents the final step of the regularization process of the Peruana territory, which began in 2007, the year the community presented the self-recognition certificate.
Source: Incra