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Land Title & Tenure Risk
Verify ownership, servitudes, traditional authority boundaries, and SAMRAD mining rights compliance.
Practice / 2025·Pretoria, ZA
Index № 001
On-groundintelligence,verified.
/Brief
We provide on-ground land tenure and biodiversity verification for EU/US clients entering Southern Africa — bridging the gap between satellite data and real-world land conditions.
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Strata SurveyISO 100
38yrs
Real Estate Development
50yrs
Field Ecology
5states
SADC Coverage
80%
Lower Cost vs. EU Staff
Land Tenure
Biodiversity Verification
SAMRAD Compliance
EUDR Article 9
Community Liaison
On-Ground Intelligence
Land Tenure
Biodiversity Verification
SAMRAD Compliance
EUDR Article 9
Community Liaison
On-Ground Intelligence
· 01 / Capabilities
Core services delivered on the soil.
Four overlapping disciplines. One field-first methodology.
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Biodiversity Indicator Verification
On-ground identification of tree species and butterfly indicators for EU Deforestation Regulation Article 9 compliance.
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Primary vs. Degraded Forest
Assess whether land is primary forest vs degraded land using scientific species identification — not satellite imagery.
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Local Language Liaison
Fluent in English, Fanakalo, Setswana and Afrikaans. Disputes prevented where they begin.
· 02 / Engagement
Two ways to work together.
Regional Pilot3 months
€15,000/ month
Reasonable travel and accommodation expenses applied.
Deliverable
5 company introductions + market entry risk report covering South Africa, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique.
Field Due Diligence3 weeks
€25,000/ project
Immediate availability. Project-based expenses billed at cost.
Deliverable
Targeted on-ground verification: tenure evidence, species documentation, community context.
≈ 80% lower cost than dispatching EU staff · better accuracy · faster to ground
· 03 / Principal
Douglas RavenscroftSenior Land Economist.
Experience
38 years Southern Africa real estate development
Field Practice
50 years field ecological observation
Citizenship
Irish EU & South African dual citizen
Training
MBA-level, University of Pretoria
Languages
English · Fanakalo · Setswana · Afrikaans
Recognition
Paul Harris Fellow
"EU and US companies fail in SADC because of land disputes and community mistranslation. I prevent that by speaking the local language and assessing on-ground reality."
