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Cadasta Joins Corus International’s Mission to End Global Poverty

Over the past decade, Cadasta has worked alongside partners around the world to help make land and resource rights more visible, recognized, and actionable. As the challenges facing communities become increasingly interconnected, from climate resilience and conservation to livelihoods and displacement, it has become clear that land rights cannot be addressed in isolation. They are…

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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…

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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…

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

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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