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.
Planetary Boundaries and Regime Interaction in International Law
Responsible Mining – encouraging continuous improvement
2030 DFS│Could Better Data Contribute to Making Peace With Nature?
International Law and Consumption-Driven Environmental Harm
Leave the dead (trees) alone? Revisiting the ongoing controversy over the Białowieża forest
Effectiveness of Partnerships for Advancing the SDG: Behavioural Pathways and Impacts
Operationalizing the Notion of Ecosystem Approach in International Law in the Age of Planetary Boundaries
Peasant Mobilization, Peasant Responses to Climate Change
Youth and multilateral summits in the triple planetary crisis
Prevention at the Human-Animal-Environment Interface (“ONEHEALTH”)
The Role of Litigation in Norm Transformation: A Study of Human Right Approaches to Environment
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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.