Use of Enabling Technology in Protecting Customary Land Rights in Sierra Leone - Pilot Formalization of Customary Land Rights
Cham
The Government of Sierra Leone formulated and launched a comprehensive National Land Policy (NLP) in March 2017, and developed a plan for its effective implementation. The NLP calls for compulsory registration and establishment of a unified land title registration system that registers collective and
individual rights and interests in land currently held under customary land tenure, which constitutes about 99% of land rights in Sierra Leone. This paper presents the approach and methodology in piloting the use
of SOLA/OT in mapping and recording of, and thereby protecting customary land rights, which constitute
about 99% of all land rights in Sierra Leone. Securing customary land tenure will ensure chiefdoms are
well governed, peaceful and viable to improve local service delivery.
Event: Land Governance in an Interconnected World_Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty_2018
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