
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.


‘Why the Brazilian Amazon burns?’ – Susanna Hecht

2nd International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding

Leave the dead (trees) alone? Revisiting the ongoing controversy over the Białowieża forest

Tipping or Turning Point? Towards a Nature Positive Society by 2030

The Territory

The power of location for environmental monitoring and decision making

Environmental Governance & Policy-Making

Welcome event – Environmental Studies & Research at the Graduate Institute

A Social-Ecological Framework for Assessing Effective and Just Conservation of Intact Areas Under the UN Convention on Biological Diversity

Darkness at Noon: Deforestation in the New Authoritarian Era

Sustainability Initiative Days – 17-21 October 2022
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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.