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.
Welcome event – Environmental Studies & Research at the Graduate Institute
Priorities for governing large-scale infrastructure in the tropics
The Role of Litigation in Norm Transformation: A Study of Human Right Approaches to Environment
Forest conservation, community development and reconciliation in Melanesia. A new paradigm?
Environmental governance and human-nature interactions: A network perspective
Environmental Governance & Policy-Making
Nature’s contribution to the 2030 Agenda
Environmental Governance & Policy-Making Q&A
Darkness at Noon: Deforestation in the New Authoritarian Era
Youth and multilateral summits in the triple planetary crisis
Strange Natures: conservation in the era of synthetic biology
Discover more SDGs
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.