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‘Boundary Markers Have an Important Future’ – the Tartu Declaration
Tartu Declaration signing by Nicolas Smith, Jüri Pärtna, Thomas Jacubeit.
The CLGE General Assembly in Tartu (EE) unanimously adopted the Tartu Declaration which recommends the preservation of the use of physical boundary monumentation as an essential element of property protection and legal certainty in Europe.
Physical markers make boundaries visible to all parties concerned so that they can readily identify the extents of their rights without routine recourse to professional advice or other tools. We know from experience that when boundary markers are absent certainty is reduced and disputes can become more frequent and costly.
Dematerialisation and a reliance solely on digital tools carries a number significant risks. Such tools are subject to technical limitations and require professional expertise to interpret on the ground. They can be, and are being, degraded by deliberate or accidental interference such as through GNSS jamming and spoofing or cyber attacks on digital infrastructure. Maintaining physical boundary monumentation is therefore a key pillar of resilience in safeguarding property rights and ensuring that property markets can continue to function smoothly.
We declare that physical boundary markers are not obsolete, but on the contrary serve an important long term function both historically and well into the future.
Please read the Tartu Declaration in full here.
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