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.
Forest conservation, community development and reconciliation in Melanesia. A new paradigm?
Environmental History as if the Future Mattered: Writing the History and the Future of the Anthropocene
Youth and multilateral summits in the triple planetary crisis
Amazonian Fires: The Fall and Rise of Deforestation
Incentivizing conservation in de facto community-owned forests
Tipping or Turning Point? Towards a Nature Positive Society by 2030
Welcome Event with CIES and EC
New CIES Visiting Fellow Valeria Mendez Working on Indicators for a Fair Conservation of Wilderness Areas under the post 2020 Global Biodiversity Framework
Action Days for the SDGs – SDGs and Impact Investing
‘EU Biodiversity Law and Its Health Impacts’ in Stefania Negri (ed) Environmental Health in International and EU Law
The Sustainable Development Goals and International Environmental Law: Normative Value and Challenges for Implementation
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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.