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This article discusses the challenges of population growth, city sprawl, food security, and climate change, and highlights the importance of the land profession in finding solutions. It explores innovative approaches such as the development of "big technology" and the use of the Social Tenure Domain Model. The article also showcases the work of FIG/land professional champions and the potential for developing big technology through collaborations and funding at scale. It emphasizes the need for the land profession to play a critical role in addressing global challenges and implementing sustainable development goals.
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‘Engaging the Challenges, Enhancing the Relevance’ FINDING SOLUTIONS TO GLOBAL CHALLENGES: THE ROLE OF THE LAND PROFESSION By Clarissa Augustinus UN-Habitat
Global challenges: population growth, city sprawl, food security & climate change impacts • Land profession to meet the challenges • Innovative as conventional too slow – ‘Fit for Purpose’ - • Development of ‘big technology’ • FIG leaders as global/country champions • Learning from STDM • Land and new UN goals
Global challenges • 9.6 billion by 2050 • 175% city sprawl • Doubtful if can feed • Climate change impact • 2% reduction in food production each decade
Land administration challenge • 30% conventional land administration coverage • 70% people outside land administration system • ‘Fit for Purpose’
Global Land Tool Network (GLTN) • 63 international partners • Role of FIG • 18 tools • Continuum of land rights • Social Tenure Domain Model • Costing and financing of land administration services • Pro poor land records • Valuation of unregistered land • Gender • Youth • Land readjustment
Stories of FIG/land professional champions • Prof Enemark • President Chee-Hai • Chris Paresi – ITC/Utwente • ChritLemmen-ITC/Dutch Cadastre
Solomon Haile –GTLN first task manager • Danilo Antonio – GTLN second task manager • John Gitau, Solomon Njoroge - programmers
Young Surveyors • Partners
Developing Big Technology • Hadron Collider/Human Genome/IPAD • Learning from others • Research at scale • Researchers from different silos working together • Funding at scale • Transformational not trivial
Developing Big Technology: Learning from GLTN: STDM • FIG credibility & knowledge • Multiple work stream management over years • Capacity development, knowledge generation & change • Funding by bi-laterals • R & D UN role • UN convening role inter-gov. body • Reference groups of thinkers/pilots • Land professionals critical role • Global community for global products
STDM as Big Technology • Continuum of land rights • STDM: History – Concept – Model - Software • Social Tenure Relationship • Use rights • Occupancy • Ownership • Informal • Customary tenure • Common land • Tenancy • Hunting Spatial Unit Land, housing, structure, natural resource, etc. Party Person/s, communities, family, groups of groups Supporting Documents Sketch, audio, video, photos, etc.
STDM: Mbale, Uganda pilot • Stakeholders • Ministry of Lands, Housing & Urban Development • Mbale municipality • SDI • AcTogether • FIG Foundation/Trimble • Cities Alliance • Now 9 Uganda municipalities • FIG/land profession • Transformational big technology
Sustainable Development Goals • MDGs • SDGs • GLTN/GLII • Role of FIG • 17 focus areas; 3 land included • The Communiques • Proposed land target/indicators • Women & men; admin. data & perception data; continuum • Way forward in UN system • Role of land professionals
Conclusion • Challenge facing land industry • Change LA systems for majority tenure security & LI for scale • Massive change in our generation • New land tools hard to develop but can be done • FIG champions into the future • ‘Fit for Purpose’ • Land profession implement it for sustainable planet
More managerial, not just data creation • Quality assurance/auditing • Land documents for the majority • Custodians of LIM • Increase professional status • Work with inter-governmental organizations on management of climate change/risk management • Work with other disciplines – the door is open • Work with other professional groups – the door is open • Be the pre-eminent leaders in developing big technology for land • Roles of land profession • Leadership • Champions of robust change • Understand the shifts that are happening at global level + in technology • Large scale innovation • Institutional strengthening • Upscaling land systems • Upscaling land management • Client base of whole country