There is a lot of data out there, but which data do users need to solve their issues? How can we, as an external body, know which data is vital so we can measure it?  Moreover, what to do when data is published in so many levels – local, regional and federal that it is...Read More

As more than 1,000 global leaders in land rights gather in Washington DC this week for the annual World Bank Land and Poverty conference, there will, no doubt, be much discussion focused on gathering data to measure global progress towards documenting and strengthening land rights for all women and men. But it is critical for...Read More

An estimated 70 percent of land in emerging economies is undocumented. In rural areas, from Chad to Cambodia, a majority of smallholders farm without the security of having legal rights to their land. In urban areas, from Delhi to Durban, an estimated 25 percent of residents live in homes to which they have no documented...Read More

Dozens of the world’s experts on land and open data participated in an on-line discussion aimed at raising awareness of the relationship between open data and land governance, exploring the the links between transparency and poverty alleviation and food security in September 2016. The Cadasta Foundation and the LandPortal Foundation, which facilitated the discussion, have...Read More

Last week I had the opportunity to attend the FOSS4G (Free and Open Source Software for GIS for the uninitiated) conference held in Bonn, Germany. As it was my first FOSS4G conference I wasn’t sure what to expect, nor whether property rights would even figure into the conversation given the diverse background of participants. I...Read More