
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.


The Role of Litigation in Norm Transformation: A Study of Human Right Approaches to Environment

Environmental Governance & Policy-Making

‘Why the Brazilian Amazon burns?’ – Susanna Hecht

Amazonian Fires: The Fall and Rise of Deforestation

Joëlle Noailly appointed as co-director of the Environmental and Resource Economics journal

Environmental Governance & Policy-Making

Action Days for the SDGs – SDGs and Impact Investing

Investigating the Trade-Offs and Synergies in Integrating Biodiversity Goals across the UN Systems

The Territory

Climate Indicators and Sustainable Development: Demonstrating the Interconnections

Incentivizing conservation in de facto community-owned forests
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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.