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 ecosystem approach and the barrier of state sovereignty in environmental treaties
Endangered Earth
Planetary Boundaries and Regime Interaction in International Law
Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-Sharing
New CIES Visiting Fellow Valeria Mendez Working on Indicators for a Fair Conservation of Wilderness Areas under the post 2020 Global Biodiversity Framework
Prevention at the Human-Animal-Environment Interface (“ONEHEALTH”)
2030 DFS│Could Better Data Contribute to Making Peace With Nature?
Welcome Event with CIES and EC
Priorities for governing large-scale infrastructure in the tropics
Environmental governance and human-nature interactions: A network perspective
2nd International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding
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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.