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 Governance & Policy-Making Q&A
Effectiveness of Partnerships for Advancing the SDG: Behavioural Pathways and Impacts
Forest conservation, community development and reconciliation in Melanesia. A new paradigm?
Darkness at Noon: Deforestation in the New Authoritarian Era
Priorities for governing large-scale infrastructure in the tropics
Environmental Governance & Policy-Making
Responsible Mining – encouraging continuous improvement
Environmental Governance – Influence Policies!
CIES Publications News | June 2022
Prevention at the Human-Animal-Environment Interface (“ONEHEALTH”)
Leave the dead (trees) alone? Revisiting the ongoing controversy over the Białowieża forest
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.