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.
‘EU Biodiversity Law and Its Health Impacts’ in Stefania Negri (ed) Environmental Health in International and EU Law
Conservation and Sustainable Development
Incentivizing conservation in de facto community-owned forests
On the Global Pact for the Environment
Peasant Mobilization, Peasant Responses to Climate Change
The Sustainable Development Goals and International Environmental Law: Normative Value and Challenges for Implementation
Goal-setting in an era of mass extinction: a planetary boundary for biosphere integrity in international biodiversity law?
CIES Publications News | September 2022
Zooming in on Agreement-Making: Tracing the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Negotiations with the MARIPOLDATAbase
Geneva Energy Conversations: Fossil Fuels in Sustainable Energy Systems
Leave the dead (trees) alone? Revisiting the ongoing controversy over the Białowieża forest
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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.