Mobile Applications to Secure Tenure (MAST) is a blend of participatory mapping approaches and flexible technology tools that USAID developed to empower communities to document and secure their land and resource rights in support of a range of development objectives. In Tanzania, USAID implemented MAST in rural areas to lower the cost and time associated…Read More
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Perceptions of the MAST Process
PILOT IN LIBERIA’S BLEI COMMUNITY FOREST Local communities around the Blei Community Forest in Liberia applied USAID’s MAST approach to document land and forest resources. Citizens used MAST to capture land information to make better decisions regarding the use and stewardship of these resources. MAST helped front-line decision-makers identify strategies and actions for their Community…Read More
Changes in Land Security and Availability
PILOT IN LIBERIA’S BLEI COMMUNITY FOREST Local communities around the Blei Community Forest in Liberia applied USAID’s MAST approach to document land and forest resources. Using MAST to map community land boundaries allowed Blei citizens to visualize their land and resource holdings for the first time. Quantifying these resources helped to demonstrate to communities that…Read More