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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…

Forests Don’t Need Saving. They Need Recognition.

By Cadasta Staff Three Key Lessons After Ten Years of Work Each year, the International Day of Forests (March 21st) arrives with urgent warnings of accelerating deforestation, biodiversity loss, and forests under pressure from climate change, extractive industries, and weak governance. The proposed solutions are often technical or financial, involving greater monitoring, additional offsets, and…

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…

Charting a Shared Path for Tenure Security in the Congo Basin

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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…

A Better Deal for Data: Why Cadasta is Endorsing a New Standard for Responsible Data Stewardship

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Data can be a force for good or for harm. For organizations working alongside communities to secure land rights, protect natural resources, and advance social justice, that distinction isn’t abstract. It shows up every day in how data is collected, governed, shared, and used. That’s why on World Data Privacy Day (January 28), Cadasta is…

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