Simprints adds facial recognition to Mozambique land ownership records, in https://www.biometricupdate.com/ News article about the deployment of biometric technology as part of the CaVaTeCo processes, through Terra Firma's partnership with Simprints. Article here
Recording of a technical webinar delivered to IFAD staff as part of the the online learning programme “Geospatial Technology and Participatory Methods for Securing Tenure Rights (GeoTech4Tenure)”
Sarah Lowery of USAID’s Land and Resource Governance Division describes how USAID partnered with agroforestry firm Green Resources to help it responsibly divest its land-use rights back to local communities, using the CaVaTeCo methodologies. Blog post by Land Portal here
LAND-at-scale interview with Ms. Maria Muianga from Terra Firma, conducted during the LANDac Conference. Link to interview
The Data Story "A New Hope" was the winner of the Land Portal's Second Data Story Contest, and was authored by the team at Terra Firma.“A New Hope" Video hereBlog post by Land Portal here
Responsible Land-Based Investment Project in Mozambique: USAIDThe Responsible Land-Based Investment Project helped Illovo Sugar Africa’s Maragra Sugar Estate adopt global best practices through implementation of the CaVaTeCo. Blog post by USAID here
Mapeamento e certificação de direitos da terra: Lições do Projecto Piloto USAID em parceria com a Illovo Sugar Africa, Maragra. Presentation made at a workshop examining progress on the implementation of the CaVaTeCo approach to secure smallholder land rights in and around the Maragra Sugar Estate, MozambiquePresentation here
Illovo SugarEstablishing Land Rights for Growers in Mozambique, 2018 – 08 – 14.Webpage by Illovo here
Land at Scale“Scaling community legal literacy, land rights certification and climate resilience”: Introducing the LAND-at-scale Mozambique project, 9 July 2021.Blog post by Netherlands Enterprise & Development Agencyhere
White Paper: Aplicação da Cadeia de Valor da Terra Comunitária (CaVaTeCo) nos processos de formalização da posse da terra e a emissão de certificados de DUATs pelas comunidades locais, August 2017. White Paper by Terra Firma here
Options for Securing Tenure and Documenting Land Rights in Mozambique: A Land Policy & Practice Paper, April 2020. A paper describing recent developments with alternative approaches to land rights registration at scale in Mozambique and containing recommendations for both policy and practice. Full texts and summaries in English and Portuguese available here
“An Overview of Initiatives to Innovate Land Tenure Recordation: 2011 to Present”, by Monica Lengoiboni, Christine Richter & Jaap Zevenbergen, comparing CaVaTeCo with other approaches to document and secure land rights.A paper prepared for presentation at the “2018 World Bank Conference on Land And Poverty” The World Bank - Washington DC, March 19-23, 2018Paper here
"Cross-cutting challenges to innovation in land tenure documentation", by Monica Lengoiboni, Christine Richter & Jaap Zevenbergen, published in Land Use Policy 85:21-32 Full Paper available here