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Discussion: Why Women’s Land Rights Matter for the Future of Farming

Join us on October 15 at Georgetown University for a discussion with leaders across agriculture, conservation, markets, land rights, and international development in celebration of the International Year of the Woman Farmer. Women are essential to food production and economies around the world, yet many still do not formally own or control the land they…

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Building Better Foundations for Humanitarian Action

How stronger data systems are helping families rebuild safer homes and more secure futures When disaster strikes, humanitarian organizations move quickly to meet immediate needs, providing shelter, food, water, and emergency assistance. But humanitarian work doesn’t end when the crisis passes. For families rebuilding their lives, recovery is measured not only by repairing homes,…

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How Place-Based Data Is Helping Women Farmers Thrive

Celebrating the International Year of the Woman Farmer 2026 Women farmers are at the heart of global food systems. They cultivate crops, care for livestock, steward natural resources, and feed their families and communities. Yet millions continue to face insecure rights to the land they farm. The International Year of the Woman Farmer 2026 recognizes…

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More Than a Ceremony: Why Handing Over Community Land Documents Matters

By Samuel Mboh, Program Specialist for West and Central Africa  There are moments in this work that remind you why land rights matter.  For me, one of those moments came on July 31, 2026, in Samba village, in Bikoro Territory of the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Équateur Province. After years of community mapping, dialogue,…

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Cadasta + Corus: Building the Next Chapter, Together

Periods of change often present the greatest opportunity for organizations to sharpen their focus. For Cadasta, the recent week-long leadership strategy workshop marked an important step in defining how the organization will continue to advance equitable land and resource rights while expanding the ways it delivers value to partners around the world.  Bringing together Cadasta’s…

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What Successful Land Governance Programs Do Differently

Government institutions, development organizations, and communities face increasing pressure to deliver land governance programs that are measurable, scalable, and built to last. Whether the goal is modernizing land administration, recognizing Indigenous lands, strengthening community forestry, or supporting climate resilience, the challenge is rarely a lack of technology. The challenge is implementation. Research from leading organizations…

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Cadasta Joins Corus International’s Mission to End Global Poverty

Over the past decade, Cadasta has worked alongside partners around the world to help make land and resource rights more visible, recognized, and actionable. As the challenges facing communities become increasingly interconnected, from climate resilience and conservation to livelihoods and displacement, it has become clear that land rights cannot be addressed in isolation. They are…

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Trust, Stewardship, and the Infrastructure of Collective Futures: Reflections from the 2026 Philanthropy Asia Summit

By Caroline Moh, Senior Director of Business Development, Cadasta, AVPN Academy Philanthropy Fellow   In mid-May, I traveled to Singapore to attend the 2026 Philanthropy Asia Summit, alongside a series of meetings focused on climate resilience, philanthropic innovation, land stewardship, and systems change across Asia. What struck me most was not any single funding announcement…

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From Ground to Cloud: Making Land Rights Visible

By Cadasta Staff Land rights are not invisible because they don’t exist. They are invisible because the systems meant to recognize them were never designed to capture how communities understand and govern their land.  On April 8th, Cadasta and Esri brought together practitioners, technologists, and land governance experts to examine what it takes to…

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Regeneration Begins With Recognition

Reflections from the Skoll World Forum  by Heidi Burgess and Amy Coughenour Betancourt  After participating in the events around this year’s Skoll World Forum in Oxford, UK, the theme of “Regeneration,” along with our many conversations with practitioners and funders, left us with both a profound sense of urgency and a renewed sense of possibility.…

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