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Sustainable Development Goals Series, 2022 AbstractPopulation increases, industry, urbanisation, infrastructure development and agricultural expansion influence landscapes, lowering total habitat size and quality and resulting in ecological degradation. SDG-15, Life on Land, aims to maintain, restore and enhance the utilisation of the terrestrial environment and forest management sustainably ...
Sinan Küfeoğlu, Küfeoğlu Sinan
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Supporting SDG 15, Life on Land: Identifying the Main Drivers of Land Degradation in Honghe Prefecture, China, between 2005 and 2015 [PDF]
ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2020 The essence of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development adopted by the United Nations is described in 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). SDG 15 focuses on Life on Land, in other words, terrestrial biodiversity and ecosystems, as well as their services.
Gregory Giuliani +2 more
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Decolonizing, conviviality and convivial conservation: towards a convivial SDG 15, life on land?
Journal of Political Ecology, 2021 In their article 'Towards convivial conservation' (2019), Büscher and Fletcher propose a vision for conservation which partly builds on Ivan Illich's 1973 book Tools for conviviality. Given a growing chorus of voices calling for decolonizing conservation to address the ramifications of racialized mindsets and biases,this article asks: what role could ...
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SDG 15: Life on Land – The Central Role of Forests in Sustainable Development
, 2019 SDG 15 requires the maintenance of life on land and endorses priorities already established through international conventions and agreements. The scale, and complexity, of tropical forest loss and biodiversity decline versus the limited resources for conservation and forestry pose many challenges.
Sayer, Jefrey +9 more
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Transitioning to Sustainable Life on Land—Introduction to SDG 15 and the Volume
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Connecting Life on Land (SDG 15) with Planetary Justice in the Amazon [PDF]
Contains fulltext : 311989.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access)
Aoki Inoue, C.Y., Isaias Mendes, M.V.
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, 2022 The widespread coronavirus pandemic has halted the progress of the sustainable development goals (SDG) proposed by the United Nations. This pandemic has already shattered the economy of not only the developing countries but also the developed nations. During this period, the primary focus was on the healthcare sector, while other developmental progress
Nirmal, Louis Anto, Jacob, Samuel
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SustainabilityThe “ruined landscapes” of the Mediterranean littoral are a consequence of millennia of human impact and include abandoned agricultural lands, deforested areas, and degraded coastal areas. One of the drivers is the historical pattern of land use, which has resulted in the clearing of vegetation, soil erosion, and overgrazing.
Reeya Ghose Roy +2 more
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Harnessing big data to track progress towards SDG 15: Life on Land
International Journal of Digital Earth, 2023 Xiaosong Li +3 more
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