
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.


Amazonian Fires: The Fall and Rise of Deforestation

2030 DFS│Could Better Data Contribute to Making Peace With Nature?

Biodiversité: entre science et politique

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

Welcome Event with CIES and EC

The power of location for environmental monitoring and decision making

2nd International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding

The Role of Litigation in Norm Transformation: A Study of Human Right Approaches to Environment

Endangered Earth

2030 DFS | Could Better Data Contribute To Making Peace With Nature?

Environmental Governance & Policy-Making
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.