At the Graduate Institute several professors, researchers and students work on SDG 15. The activities range from the Executive Certificate and Master on Environmental Governance and Policy-making, to publications on the effects of migration and urbanization on tropical forests, to research projects on human rights approaches to the environment.
Environmental Protection in Antarctica; Temptations and Accountability
Peasant Mobilization, Peasant Responses to Climate Change
Can trade in wildlife ensure its survival?
Forest conservation, community development and reconciliation in Melanesia. A new paradigm?
Could Better Data Contribute to Making peace with Nature?
People in motion, forests in transition: Trends in migration, urbanization, and remittances and their effects on tropical forests
Biodiversité: entre science et politique
Sustainability Initiative Days – 17-21 October 2022
The power of location for environmental monitoring and decision making
Leave the dead (trees) alone? Revisiting the ongoing controversy over the Białowieża forest
Environmental Governance & Policy-Making Q&A
Discover more SDGs
Goal 15 underlines that “preserving diverse forms of life on land requires targeted efforts to protect, restore and promote the conservation and sustainable use of terrestrial and other ecosystems. Goal 15 focuses specifically on managing forests sustainably, restoring degraded lands and successfully combating desertification, reducing degraded natural habitats and ending biodiversity loss” as put by the UN Sustainable Development Knowledge Platform. Read more about Goal 15.