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What We Learned from Supporting the Mapping of Millions of Hectares: Lessons from Indonesia, Myanmar, and India

By Cadasta Staff Around the world, efforts to document land and forest rights are routinely slowed by outdated systems that rely on paper sketch maps, handwritten forms, disconnected spreadsheets, and months or even years of manual digitization. According to recent global estimates, up to 90% of landholdings in developing countries remain undocumented. This gap is…

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Strengthening the Land Rights Continuum: A Pathway to Resilience and Equity

By Cadasta's Carolina Reynoso Pieters & Leah Kellenberger Around the world, millions of people live, farm, and raise families on land to which they have no formal, recognized rights. These communities–Indigenous Peoples, smallholder farmers, women, and residents of informal settlements–face daily risks that undermine their livelihoods, limit their economic potential, and increase their vulnerability to…

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Charting a Shared Path for Tenure Security in the Congo Basin

By: Samuel Mboh, Program Specialist for West and Central Africa, Cadasta The Congo Basin is one of the world’s most critical carbon sinks—and one of the most threatened. As global climate discussions increasingly emphasize the role of Indigenous Peoples and local communities in protecting forests, the Basin stands at the center of international attention. Yet…

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