Spanning some of the most biodiverse landscapes on Earth, the Tropical Andes in South America are home to hundreds of Indigenous and Afro-descendant communities whose...Read More
September 16th, marked the International Day of Science, Technology, and Innovation for the South, a day that recognizes the vital role that technology plays in...Read More
This month, Cadasta bids a heartfelt farewell to Board Member Tosca Bruno-van Vijfeijken, whose six years of service on our Board of Directors have left...Read More
Last week, leaders from governments, businesses, philanthropy, and civil society convened in New York City for Climate Week NYC 2025, one of the world’s largest...Read More
Cadasta is proud to share our endorsement of The Pledge We Want campaign, which calls for a bold new funding commitment for Indigenous Peoples, local...Read More
This week, leaders from governments, businesses, philanthropy, and civil society are convening in New York City for Climate Week NYC 2025, one of the world’s...Read More
Announced at the Path2Scale event during Climate Week NYC 2025 the newly released State of Funding for Tenure Rights report delivers an urgent message: while...Read More
10:00 AM EST | 4:00 PM CETTuesday, September 16, 2025Click here to Register Speaker Biographies As part of Cadasta’s Mapping Change: Local Action, Global Impact...Read More
A medida que Cadasta celebra 10 años impulsando los derechos a la tierra y a los recursos, continuamos nuestra serie de seminarios web Mapping Change...Read More
Cadasta is pleased to announce the appointment of three distinguished leaders—María Pía Hernández Palacios, Ana Teresa Fuzzo de Lima, and Cristina Coc—to its Board of...Read More
As Cadasta marks 10 years of advancing land and resource rights, we continue our Mapping Change webinar series by highlighting how local mapping efforts contribute...Read More
In much of Uganda, land is more than a place to live or farm, it is the foundation for livelihoods, community identity, and future opportunity....Read More
Today, on the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, we celebrate by honoring the resilience, knowledge, and cultural richness of Indigenous communities around the...Read More
Amy Coughenour BetancourtPresident and CEO, Cadasta Foundation This year marks a significant milestone at Cadasta–ten years of putting people and their land on the map....Read More
In Eastern Rwanda, thousands of smallholder farmers are now one step closer to land security, thanks to a strategic partnership aimed at improving the accuracy...Read More
Cadasta is delighted to announce the appointment of two outstanding leaders—Megan Wenrich and Munehiko Joya—to its Board of Directors. Munehiko will also serve as Board...Read More
We’re honored that the powerful work of our partners is featured in the latest edition of Esri’s ArcNews. The article, marking Cadasta’s 10th Anniversary and...Read More
By Heidi Burgess, Senior Director of Philanthropy & Strategic Partnerships This June, I had the privilege of attending my first Global Land Forum, hosted in...Read More
In the quiet clearing of a forest in India, a community leader holds a freshly printed land claim map—her name, along with her family’s, etched...Read More
This month, Cadasta is proud to join Indigenous leaders, grassroots advocates, researchers, policymakers, and technologists at the 2025 Global Land Forum (GLF) in Bogotá, Colombia,...Read More
On June 4th, Cadasta proudly launched its new webinar series Mapping Change: Local Voices of Land Rights and Resilience, with a powerful opening session: Bridging...Read More
September 16, 2025 – Mapping Change: Local Action, Global Impact Moderator: Rohini Chaturvedi, Strategy Advisor, International Consultant, Cadasta Board Member Panelist: • Maria Camila Solis,...Read More
At a time when land grabs, deforestation, and environmental changes continue to threaten Indigenous Peoples and local communities (IPLCs), Cadasta Foundation is proud to launch...Read More
Cadasta at the 2025 World Bank Land Conference: Championing Geospatial Integrity for Nature-Based Investments As the world intensifies its pursuit of climate action through nature-based...Read More
This Earth Day, as people around the world reflect on the future of our planet, Cadasta is spotlighting a solution that is often overlooked but...Read More
Forests are more than carbon sinks or biodiversity hotspots—they are the home and heritage of millions of people around the world. From the tribal communities...Read More
As we celebrate International Women’s History Month, we are reminded that true gender equity is rooted not only in social and political rights,Read More
Cadasta is proud to announce that our CEO, Amy Coughenour Betancourt, has been appointed as a Council Member of the World Agriculture Forum (WAF).Read More
Cadasta Foundation is proud to announce its commitment to the Better Deal for Data (BD4D) initiative, joining a global coalition dedicated to responsible, inclusive, and...Read More
Cadasta is proud to support the launch of the Thawthi Taw-Oo Indigenous Park (TTIP), an Indigenous Karen-led conservation and cultural preservation initiative in Taw-Oo District...Read More
The newly released Evaluation of Cadasta’s Certificate of Customary Ownership (CCO) Intervention in Uganda: Actual and Potential Effects conducted by the International Growth and Research...Read More
Caroline Moh, Senior Director of Business Development Recently, COP16, the biannual biodiversity-focused Conference of Parties that took place from October 21 through November 1 in...Read More
In partnership with COLANDEF and Cadasta, smallholder farmers in forest fringe communities of Ghana are leveraging GIS technology to transform land governance for traditional land...Read More
The dust has settled from September’s Climate Week NYC, where 600 leaders from business, government, and civil society gathered around the theme of “It’s Time”...Read More
Cadasta's new Training and Support Center allows our partners to more easily obtain training and support services and for Cadasta staff to provide these services...Read More
From India to Colombia, Cadasta partners advocate for and with their communities, and unsurprisingly, partners have stepped-up during this time of extreme uncertainty, offering support...Read More
Cadasta is excited to announce a new set of data collection features that are now available in the Survey123 mobile app. This new version of...Read More
Cadasta’s goal and vision is to build a world where even the most marginalized individuals and communities can benefit from the opportunities afforded by secure...Read More
We are thrilled to welcome six new staff members to the Cadasta team: Caroline Moh, Kelly Liang, Leah Kellenberger, Siphiwe Komwa, Sunil Ghimire, and Sydney...Read More
We are thrilled to welcome Tony Piaskowy to the Cadasta team as the Global Programs Director. Tony comes to Cadasta with more than 15 years...Read More
In the very first week of my internship at Cadasta I had the opportunity to attend one of the biggest international development conferences in the...Read More
We are thrilled to welcome three new summer interns to the Cadasta team: Shreya Choudhury, Anna Freestone, and Patrick Lovelace. Shreya Choudhury joins us from India...Read More
Cadasta is thrilled to be participating in the 2019 Interaction Forum. As the largest alliance of international NGOs and partners in the United States, Interaction mobilizes...Read More
I have worked for more than 14 years in the geospatial industry collecting, analyzing, and managing data of all sorts, including traffic information and imagery...Read More
With the 2019 World Bank Land and Poverty Conference around the corner, the Cadasta team is working hard to embody the conference theme of Catalyzing...Read More
We are thrilled to welcome three new staff members to the Cadasta team: Asaf Even-Paz, Katie Pickett, and Michele MacMillan. Asaf Even-Paz joins as our...Read More
Few people dispute the transformational impact of the “green revolution” in agriculture that eradicated famine in countries from Mexico to India just over 50 years...Read More
A quote by author and radio host Earl Nightingale sums up Cadasta’s current challenge perfectly: “Your problem is to bridge the gap which exists between...Read More
Of the many exciting features and updates associated with Cadasta’s new partnership with Esri, Story Maps stands out. Story Maps is an Esri-supported application that...Read More
Esri, the global market leader in GIS, was founded as Environmental Systems Research Institute in 1969. While land use consulting was at its core, the...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...Read More
Through the project “Maji Ya Amani”, Water for Peace in Swahili, ZOA International intends to revive an existing irrigation scheme created in the nineteen fifties...Read More
WASHINGTON (Landscape News) – What do land rights have to do with building the investment case for sustainable landscapes? According to land administration specialist Frank...Read More
With the 2018 World Bank Land and Poverty Conference around the corner, the Cadasta team is looking forward to connecting with colleagues from near and...Read More
The History of Creating Paper Maps Surveying has played a vital role in state building and the development of orderly human societies since the earliest...Read More
Summary: From determining seed and fertilizer needs, to service delivery and tax planning, area calculations play a critical role in a number of key land...Read More
Efforts to improve the agricultural production of hundreds of millions of subsistence farmers around the world like Liberia’s Kou Berpa have – for the most...Read More
A critical shortage of surveyors is slowing down the documentation of land around the world – a vital step in reducing poverty. Frank Pichel reveals...Read More
Which human rights are the most important? Ask this question in a developed economy and you will likely hear: the right to freedom of speech, religious...Read More
The Future of Property Rights initiative believes that property rights matter and that technology can play a critical role in helping countries accelerate the pace of property...Read More
In advanced industrial countries we take much infrastructure for granted, such as cadastres with plots mapped at survey grade. In many countries, however, more than...Read More
For the last decade, the international development community has – at great expense – repeatedly and unsuccessfully worked to create sustainable large-scale and cost-effective modern...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...Read More
An estimated 70 percent of land in emerging economies is undocumented. In rural areas, from Chad to Cambodia, a majority of smallholders farm without the...Read More
A functioning land administration sector is the foundation of a national economy, critical for economic growth. Unfortunately, effective land registry and cadastral systems with national...Read More
Are you tech savvy and interested in gaining experience in the open source movement? Apply for Cadasta Foundation’s 12-week paid internship. Cadasta is a global...Read More
One-third of people on the planet don’t have documented rights to the land on which they rely. The Cadasta Foundation creates tech to allow communities...Read More
From now until January 2017, you can join individuals and organisations around the world in assessing the quality and availability of data from national governments. The...Read More
Dozens of the world’s experts on land and open data participated in an on-line discussion aimed at raising awareness of the relationship between open data...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...Read More
One of the biggest challenges in identifying the potential benefits of open cadastral and land registry data stems from the fact that there are very...Read More
Last week I had the opportunity to attend the FOSS4G (Free and Open Source Software for GIS for the uninitiated) conference held in Bonn, Germany....Read More
Over the past year, the international property rights sector has been abuzz with the potential for blockchain technology to fundamentally transform the approach to land...Read More
Are you interested in ensuring land governance is open and transparent? Do you want to understand your role in using land administration information and how...Read More
Cadasta recently commenced a pilot project collaboration with the Kosovo Cadastral Agency (KCA) on adapting our technology driven solutions to improve efficiency within the registry...Read More
Throughout 2016, Cadasta Foundation, in partnership with Open Knowledge International, is exploring land data with the ultimate aim of defining open data in property rights....Read More
Cadasta Foundation, in partnership with Open Knowledge International, is exploring land data with the ultimate aim of defining open data in land and resource rights...Read More
A new nonprofit organization has few options when it comes to establishing a credit history. Since nonprofits do not have shareholders or owners who can...Read More
In early February we shared our initial release of the Cadasta Platform, developed by our contractor, SpatialDev. The main function of the initial release was...Read More
A key priority for Cadasta Foundation following our launch in early 2015 was to identify long term organizational partners that have a track record of...Read More
Outreachy is a program dedicated to getting underrepresented members of the tech community involved in open source software through paid internships with partner companies. Much...Read More
Early this year, Cadasta Foundation and Open Knowledge announced a joint-initiative to explore open land data. Through sponsoring a fellowship, Cadasta and Open Knowledge aim...Read More
