The Theory When we set out to build Cadasta in 2015, our goal was to make it easier than ever to digitize and modernize the land and property rights documentation process. With many parts of the world lacking a fully digital and easily accessible database of land and property rights, most land and property rights...Read More

Since our founding, Cadasta has focusing on being the leading provider of technical tools and services to support the documentation of land and resource rights to build stronger, more sustainable communities. By making it easier to efficiently document, store, manage, and share land and resource rights information, we aim to build a world where even...Read More

As more than 1,000 global leaders in land rights gather in Washington DC this week for the annual World Bank Land and Poverty conference, there will, no doubt, be much discussion focused on gathering data to measure global progress towards documenting and strengthening land rights for all women and men. But it is critical for...Read More

  The palm oil sector is at a crossroads. Despite growing awareness of its massive effects on deforestation, the largely unregulated and decentralized industry has struggled to adopt, follow, and document rigorous sustainable sourcing standards. An area equivalent to 300 football fields of rainforest is cleared every hour to make way for palm oil production, according to WWF....Read More

Today is an exciting one for us here at Cadasta, as we launch a new version of our technology that has been months in the making. A key tenet of our mission is for our technology stack and solution set to make significant contributions toward practical application of the “fit-for-purpose” concepts as they apply to...Read More