GRILAGEM DIGITAL NA AMAZÔNIA: TECNOLOGIA, DADOS TERRITORIAIS E RECONFIGURAÇÕES DA GOVERNANÇA FUNDIÁRIA

Abstract

This article analyzes the reconfiguration of land grabbing in the Amazon in light of contemporary technological transformations, proposing the analytical category of “digital land grabbing” to understand the incorporation of geospatial tools, information systems, and data infrastructures into territorial appropriation dynamics. It is based on the assumption that land grabbing, historically structuring Brazilian land tenure formation, has assumed new configurations in the digital era, operating not only through physical occupation and traditional document fraud but also through the production, insertion, and manipulation of data within official systems. The methodology is qualitative, exploratory, and descriptive, based on interdisciplinary literature review and documentary analysis of legal norms, institutional reports, and geospatial datasets, especially those produced by the National Institute for Space Research (INPE). The findings indicate that technologies such as the Rural Environmental Registry (CAR), georeferencing systems, and satellite imagery have an ambivalent character, contributing both to strengthening territorial governance and to legitimizing illegal land occupations. The study concludes that technology is not neutral, but rather a vector that reshapes power relations over the Amazon territory, requiring the development of a digital governance framework guided by transparency, inclusion, and socio-environmental justice.