The Special Edition 2019 of Abroad is dedicated to the thesis of Senior Geodetic Advisor, Eva-Maria Unger. She spent the last 5 years building a bridge between Land Administration Systems (LAS) and Disaster Risk Management (DRM).
By enhancing land tenure security the recovery from disaster is speeded up. Therefore land professionals in Nepal are making efforts to implement Fit-For-Purpose Land Administration (FFP LA) strategy to document all people-to-land relationships. In several areas pilots are conducted which will help to define the roadmap for scaling up tenure security.
In Brazil illegal deforestation goes hand-in-hand with fraudulent land titles and land speculation. Improved land administration can break the crime cycle and become a strategy to halting tropical deforestation and global climate change.
The Framework for Effective Land Administration (FELA) and the Strategic Framework for Geospatial Information Services for Disasters (SFGISD) are both under development. They are currently undergoing review and endorsement procedures. Combined, they have the potential to improve collaboration and harmonization between LA and DRM at all levels.
