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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Making Meaning Out of Maps: Reflections from the DRC

By Samuel Mboh, Program Specialist for West and Central Africa In Equateur Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), field engagement with partners from Solidarité pour la Promotion des Femmes Autochtones (SPFA) and local communities provided a clear view of how land governance and tenure security intersect with efforts to reduce deforestation.  One insight that…

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What Makes Impact Last: Cadasta at the Skoll World Forum

By Cadasta Staff This month, Skoll World Forum returns to Oxford at a time when the social impact sector is under real pressure to evolve. Across the sector, long-standing assumptions about funding, scale, and sustainability are being tested. Aid is tightening, expectations for accountability are rising, and many of the systems meant to support impact…

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