
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.


Nature’s contribution to the 2030 Agenda

What’s happening on the environment at the WTO? Recent developments and WTO Member initiatives in the lead up to MC 12

‘Why the Brazilian Amazon burns?’ – Susanna Hecht

Environmental Governance & Policy-Making Q&A

Action Days for the SDGs – SDGs and Impact Investing

2nd International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding

Incentivizing conservation in de facto community-owned forests

Environmental Governance & Policy-Making

African Conservation Futures

Subsidies for Technology Adoption: Experimental Evidence from Rural Cameroon

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