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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…

Why Land Systems Fail and How Uganda is Doing Things Differently

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By Wambayi Wabwire, Land Administration Advisor Land underpins identity, livelihoods, and social stability. Yet across Uganda, where roughly 80 percent of land is held under customary tenure, the majority of people still lack formal recognition of their rights. Without documentation, families remain vulnerable to disputes, displacement, and the loss of ancestral land. This gap persists…

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…

From Policy to Practice: Cadasta and the Jacobs Futura Foundation Partner to Advance Community Land Rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

By Cadasta Staff The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is entering a pivotal moment for community land rights. In July 2025, the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo signed into law new land use planning legislation,Law No. 25/045. This new law formally recognizes customary land rights within the country’s land use planning…

Participatory Mapping as an Impartial Intermediary

By Cadasta Staff Typical conflict resolution strategies often require a mediator. For Indigenous land-related conflicts and boundary validations, participatory mapping and technology can serve that role. Participatory mapping is a community-led process in which local people lead the creation of maps that combine spatial knowledge and lived experience. It is a locally led process, often…

From Recognition to Resilience: Land Rights and Sustainable Futures in Gujarat’s Forests

By: Leah Kellenberger Across 12 countries, Cadasta’s Strengthening Land and Forest Rights (SLFR) Program, funded by the UK International Development, from the UK government, is partnering with 13 organizations to advance secure land and forest rights for Indigenous Peoples and local communities. This program aims to secure management or ownership rights for forest-dwelling communities, as…

Why Land Rights Are Women’s Rights

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Celebrating Women's Month By Cadasta Staff True gender equality is rooted not only in social and political rights, but in something far more fundamental: land. For millions of women around the world, land is the foundation of food security, economic stability, community leadership, and environmental stewardship. Despite women’s central role in sustaining families and ecosystems,…

Investing in Malawi’s Future: Sustainable Financing Recommendations for Land Services

In recent years, the Malawi Ministry of Lands has been making big strides in improving land governance. Improvements include passing the 2016 Customary Land Act, passing the 2022 Land Act Amendments, and receiving approval from the Office of the President's Cabinet of the decentralization of land services functional plan. All of these developments help contribute…

Aligning Policy and Practice in Kenya’s Community Land Governance

By Wambayi Wabwire The Kenya Community Land Act of 2016 (CLA) charted a clear path forward for documenting and recognizing community land rights. A decade later, Kenya is entering a critical phase in implementing the CLA. Recognizing this pivotal moment, the Kenya Land Alliance and Landesa convened a Multi-stakeholder Platform - the Ardhi Caucus, which…

Strengthening Land Governance in Mozambique: Cadasta and Lantmäteriet’s Collaborative Study

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Cadasta and Lantmäteriet, the Swedish National Mapping Agency, are proudly partnering with the National Directorate for Land and Territorial Development (Direção Nacional de Terras e Desenvolvimento Territorial), Cenacarta, ADE, and other relevant organizations to conduct a comprehensive study of the land sector in Mozambique, funded by Sida (the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency). This initiative…

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