
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 Sustainable Development Goals and International Environmental Law: Normative Value and Challenges for Implementation

Accelerating achievement of the sustainable development goals

CIES Publications News | June 2022

Amazonian Fires: The Fall and Rise of Deforestation

The ecosystem approach and the barrier of state sovereignty in environmental treaties

Peasant Mobilization, Peasant Responses to Climate Change

The power of location for environmental monitoring and decision making

‘Why the Brazilian Amazon burns?’ – Susanna Hecht

Geneva Energy Conversations – Putting the genie back: Two degrees will be harder than we think

The Right to a Sound Environment

African Conservation Futures
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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.