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.
CIES Publications News | September 2022
Zooming in on Agreement-Making: Tracing the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Negotiations with the MARIPOLDATAbase
Environmental History as if the Future Mattered: Writing the History and the Future of the Anthropocene
International Environmental Law and Policy
What’s happening on the environment at the WTO? Recent developments and WTO Member initiatives in the lead up to MC 12
Goal-setting in an era of mass extinction: a planetary boundary for biosphere integrity in international biodiversity law?
The ecosystem approach and the barrier of state sovereignty in environmental treaties
International Law and Consumption-Driven Environmental Harm
Could Better Data Contribute to Making peace with Nature?
Strange Natures: conservation in the era of synthetic biology
African Conservation Futures
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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.