
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.


Conservation and Sustainable Development

Biodiversité: entre science et politique

Incentivizing conservation in de facto community-owned forests

African Conservation Futures

The Territory

The power of location for environmental monitoring and decision making

International Law and Consumption-Driven Environmental Harm

The ecosystem approach and the barrier of state sovereignty in environmental treaties

Endangered Earth

CIES Publications News | September 2022

Geneva Energy Conversations: Fossil Fuels in Sustainable Energy Systems
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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.