What is the difference between land restitution and repurchase?
The restitution of territories occupied for thousands of years by native people is based on legal steps aiming to ensure that the constitution of the concerned countries is complied with. It is possible only in certain countries and it always costs less than repurchase to individuals, plot by plot. In the case of restitution, the native organization receives a community property title, by definition indivisible, which guarantees its conservation, since no family or village can sell any part of it. In the case of plot repurchase, further legal steps are necessary to reunite the territories. This has an additional cost. • Why dont you post a value per hectare? Each territory is different. In the case of Shiwiar, the restitution cost 75,000 $, which is less than 0.40 /hectare. For the Zapara, we also provided 75,000 $, but for a much smaller area, which amounts to about 0.70 /hectare. For the Arhuaco in Sierra de Santa Marta, the repurchase of lands came out to be much more expensive: it
