
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.


International Environmental Law and Policy

Emergent technologies to advance the protection of the environment

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

Improving the Management of Protected Areas in African Dry Tropical Forests and Savannas, Based on Evidence and Impact Evaluation

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

Turkey’s largest environmental legal case

On the Global Pact for the Environment

Environmental Governance & Policy-Making Q&A

Environmental Governance & Policy-Making

Prevention at the Human-Animal-Environment Interface (“ONEHEALTH”)

CIES Publications News | June 2022
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.