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
Priorities for governing large-scale infrastructure in the tropics
Amazonian Fires: The Fall and Rise of Deforestation
Emergent technologies to advance the protection of the environment
Can trade in wildlife ensure its survival?
Environmental Governance & Policy-Making
Darkness at Noon: Deforestation in the New Authoritarian Era
Environmental Governance & Policy-Making
Action Days for the SDGs – SDGs and Impact Investing
The Territory
Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-Sharing
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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.