As we celebrate 10 years of Cadasta, we’re looking back at 2017, a milestone year when our work truly took off: iTC and Cadasta are working together to map and document community resources in rural areas of Mozambique and complementing the ongoing DUAT official process. These efforts would allow communities to better manage and plan…

10:00 AM EST | 4:00 PM CET Tuesday, September 16, 2025 Click here to Register Speaker Biographies As part of Cadasta’s Mapping Change: Local Action, Global Impact webinar, we are honored to feature leaders from our partner organizations who are advancing land and resource rights at the community level. Their work demonstrates how locally…

A medida que Cadasta celebra 10 años impulsando los derechos a la tierra y a los recursos, continuamos nuestra serie de seminarios web Mapping Change destacando cómo los esfuerzos de cartografía local contribuyen a los objetivos globales de biodiversidad y clima. Martes, 16 de septiembre de 2025 10:00 AM (EST) | 4:00 PM (CET) …

Cadasta is pleased to announce the appointment of three distinguished leaders—María Pía Hernández Palacios, Ana Teresa Fuzzo de Lima, and Cristina Coc—to its Board of Directors. Each bring extensive expertise in environmental governance, climate action, and rights-based approaches that will strengthen Cadasta’s mission to secure land and resource rights worldwide. María Pía Hernández Palacios is…

As Cadasta marks 10 years of advancing land and resource rights, we continue our Mapping Change webinar series by highlighting how local mapping efforts contribute to global biodiversity and climate goals.  Tuesday, September 16, 2025 10:00 AM (EST) | 4:00 PM (CET) Register today  This next installment will spotlight the work of two of Cadasta’s…

In much of Uganda, land is more than a place to live or farm, it is the foundation for livelihoods, community identity, and future opportunity. For the majority of Ugandans, that land is held under customary tenure, a system rooted in tradition and recognized under national law. Over the past decade, Certificates of Customary Ownership…

Today, on the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, we celebrate by honoring the resilience, knowledge, and cultural richness of Indigenous communities around the world. We also reaffirm our commitment to supporting and documenting their rights to their land and resources. At Cadasta, we reaffirm our belief that secure land rights are foundational to…

Amy Coughenour Betancourt President and CEO, Cadasta Foundation This year marks a significant milestone at Cadasta–ten years of putting people and their land on the map. In 2015, Cadasta was founded with a bold vision: to build a transformative global ecosystem of partners, technology, and data to protect land and property rights and address the…

In Eastern Rwanda, thousands of smallholder farmers are now one step closer to land security, thanks to a strategic partnership aimed at improving the accuracy and completeness of land records. Led by Landesa, in collaboration with Cadasta and Rwanda’s National Land Authority (NLA), the initiative addresses long-standing land administration challenges, starting with a successful rollout…

Cadasta is delighted to announce the appointment of two outstanding leaders—Megan Wenrich and Munehiko Joya—to its Board of Directors. Munehiko will also serve as Board Treasurer.  Megan Wenrich is a climate capital strategist with over 20 years of experience at the intersection of philanthropy, investing, and sustainability. Most recently, she served as Vice President of…