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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?

Land as a scarce resource, requires the Bhutanese government to make choices regarding the use of the land in a sustainable way. The development of a national land use zoning plan and data sharing protocol will enable the government to make informed decisions.

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 

Pilot projects on Fit-for-Purpose Land Administration are being executed in two regions of Colombia. A new video was published about field work in July 2018 in Vista Hermosa and Apartadó.

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

The Kadaster in Jordan (Department of Land and Surveys; DLS) has the Prime Minister's assignment of being a paperless organization by 2020.

The EU Twinning project 'Closing ceremony' took place on 23 May. 'A dreamproject'.

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.