
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.


Could Better Data Contribute to Making peace with Nature?

Action Days for the SDGs – Environment and the Future of Partnerships

New CIES Visiting Fellow Valeria Mendez Working on Indicators for a Fair Conservation of Wilderness Areas under the post 2020 Global Biodiversity Framework

Emergent technologies to advance the protection of the environment

African Conservation Futures

Nature-Positive Economy Q&A

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

The Sardar Sarovar Dam: Drowning out citizens but who benefits?

Environmental Governance & Policy-Making

Leave the dead (trees) alone? Revisiting the ongoing controversy over the Białowieża forest

On the Global Pact for the Environment
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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.