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 History as if the Future Mattered: Writing the History and the Future of the Anthropocene
2030 DFS│Could Better Data Contribute to Making Peace With Nature?
CIES Publications News | June 2022
International Law and Consumption-Driven Environmental Harm
Emergent technologies to advance the protection of the environment
The Sardar Sarovar Dam: Drowning out citizens but who benefits?
Amazonian Fires: The Fall and Rise of Deforestation
Improving the Management of Protected Areas in African Dry Tropical Forests and Savannas, Based on Evidence and Impact Evaluation
Forest conservation, community development and reconciliation in Melanesia. A new paradigm?
People in motion, forests in transition: Trends in migration, urbanization, and remittances and their effects on tropical forests
The ecosystem approach and the barrier of state sovereignty in environmental treaties
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View moreGoal 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.