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.
Leave the dead (trees) alone? Revisiting the ongoing controversy over the Białowieża forest
Nature-Positive Economy Q&A
Emergent technologies to advance the protection of the environment
Environmental History as if the Future Mattered: Writing the History and the Future of the Anthropocene
Welcome Event with CIES and EC
The Sustainable Development Goals and International Environmental Law: Normative Value and Challenges for Implementation
Strange Natures: conservation in the era of synthetic biology
Responsible Mining – encouraging continuous improvement
‘Why the Brazilian Amazon burns?’ – Susanna Hecht
Climate Indicators and Sustainable Development: Demonstrating the Interconnections
The Sardar Sarovar Dam: Drowning out citizens but who benefits?
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.