David Betge
Project Coordinator - SEWOH Lab
A specialist in land rights, David worked for five years as a land rights adviser for the Dutch-based international relief and recovery organization ZOA. Prior to that he worked in non-formal political education in Berlin. He has a PhD from the Free University Berlin. For his doctoral studies David conducted research on redistributive land reforms in India and South Africa.
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The Elephant in the Room. Land Governance Challenges of Climate Change Mitigation
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Haki Ardhi – the women’s land rights reporting tool
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Pioneering systems change: grassroots action forges gender-just pathways to accountability
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From Data to Action Socially Embedded and Inclusive Digitalization for Food Systems Transformation
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The SEWOH Lab – From Data to Action
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Grabbing land to save the planet or using the power of human rights to protect tenure rights?
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The revolution will be crowdsourced!
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Digitalizing Development – not digitizing the status quo!
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Crowdsourcing land rights data to improve women’s tenure security
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Land tenure rights are at the heart of fighting hunger and transforming food systems
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Article
The Elephant in the Room. Land Governance Challenges of Climate Change Mitigation
This article underscores the pivotal role of land in mitigating climate change and stresses the connection between reducing emissions and safeguarding the rights of communities.
Written by David Betge, Frederike Klümper, Jes Weigelt
Published on May 08, 2024
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Policy Brief
From Data to Action Socially Embedded and Inclusive Digitalization for Food Systems Transformation
This policy brief presents an emerging consensus on the conditions needed to ensure that digitalization shapes food systems transformation in a positive way.
Written by Larissa Stiem-Bhatia, David Betge, Clare Crowe Pettersson
Published on Feb 28, 2024
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Working Paper
The Human Rights and Land Navigator: Strengthening responsible land governance
Introducing the Human Rights and Land Navigator, an online database that links the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests (VGGT) to binding human rights standards
Written by Ilse Pelkmans, David Betge, Elena Müller & Jes Weigelt
Published on May 11, 2022