
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 power of location for environmental monitoring and decision making

CIES Publications News | June 2022

Amazonian Fires: The Fall and Rise of Deforestation

African Conservation Futures

‘Why the Brazilian Amazon burns?’ – Susanna Hecht

Welcome Event with CIES and EC

Environmental History as if the Future Mattered: Writing the History and the Future of the Anthropocene

Could Better Data Contribute to Making peace with Nature?

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

Turkey’s largest environmental legal case

Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-Sharing
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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.