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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

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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…

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Forests Don’t Need Saving. They Need Recognition.

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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…

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Webinar: Geospatial Tools, Stronger Land Rights: Insights from Cadasta and Esri, Inc.

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By Cadasta Staff Around the world, millions of people live and work on land that is not formally documented in systems that governments can easily recognize or use. Community knowledge about land and resource boundaries often exists only in paper maps, hand-drawn sketches, ancestral lore, PDFs, or disconnected spreadsheets, making it difficult to validate claims,…

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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…

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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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