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Among the most difficult land conflicts are those between indigenous communities and third parties such as farmers or companies. The number of people with customary rights is relatively small and diminishing worldwide. Still, the areas covered by customary rights are vast, for instance, nearly 30% of Colombia´s territory.

According to the National Agrarian Reform Program every plot of land in Indonesia must be certified and registered by 2025. However, using the standard land registration methodology, this target will not be reached. Can NGOs and the private sector play a role? Together with the University of Gadjah Mada, Kadaster examined the options.

Nepal has made recent and welcoming strides in the area of land policy and related legislation in recent years. The new Fit-For-Purpose Land Administration policies and government initiatives embrace new ways of data collection for land administration purposes.

The Mozambican Land Administration System is still far from complete due to colonial legacy and decades of civil war. Masses of land users are uncertain about their land rights.

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How improved land administration can help putting a stop to illegal deforestation.

Land administration systems are built to operate in stable environments, in contrast to Disaster Risk Management which assumes a dynamic environment. What happens when these two meet?

Nepal is struck by natural disaster on a regular basis. How can enhancing land tenure security speed up the recovery from disasters?

Framework for Effective Land Administration and Strategic Framework for Geospatial Information Services for Disasters are both under development.

On July 25 the Kadaster amended its general terms and conditions for the provision of its products and services.

The African country of Benin is ambitiously aiming to reach cadastral coverage of the whole country within two years.

In March 2019 Hurricane Idai, the deadliest storm to hit Mozambique in the last 30 years, devastated important parts of the Mozambican infrastructure. An effective aid campaign will only be possible with the availability of reliable maps of the affected areas.

Experts from the Brazilian city of Campinas and the Secretaria de Receita Federal visited Kadaster across April.

This year the FIG Working Week was hosted by the Vietnamese Association of Geodesy, Cartography and Remote Sensing. The event provided ample time to discuss latest developments in surveying, mapping and cadastre.

Strengthening Professional Access To Information About Land (SPATIAL) in the Western Balkans 

The Netherlands’ Cadastre, Land Registry and Mapping Agency (Kadaster) is looking for an evaluator for the programme Land Administration for National Development (LAND). This programme is funded by the Netherlands’ ministry of Foreign Affairs and Kadaster.

This film shows the importance of land administration for a solid society. At least 70% of the world’s population is vulnerable to land conflicts

Now available in the app-stores! Move a Lot is a puzzle game in which you re-parcel land within a certain time, solving spatial problems.