Goal 15
Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss
Meeting/event
COP 21/CMP 11 Meeting
Adopted at the Rio Earth Summit in 1992 and entered into force in 1994, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, or “UNFCCC”, represents a universal convention, acknowledging the anthropocentric nature of climate change and identifying industrialized countries as the major responsible for combating it. Gathering annually in a global session, the Conference of the Parties (COP), made up of all “States Parties”, is the Convention’s supreme decision-making body. The COP, taking place in Paris from 30th November till 11 December 2015, is the 21st, hence the name COP21.
Meeting/event
International Mountain Day 2015- Promoting Mountain Products for better livelihoods, 11 December 2015
Meeting/event
Second Meeting of the UN Environment Assembly
Publication
Climate change and desertification: Anticipating, assessing & adapting to future change in drylands - Impulse Report
Publication
Connecting Global Priorities: Biodiversity and Human Health
Partnerships for SDGs
CommuniTree Carbon Program
This project supports smallholder farming families in Nicaragua in reforesting under-utilized parts of their farms with multiple small-scale native species to overcome the causes of deforestation, ensure direct, ongoing community involvement and technical training as well as financial benefits for participants. To consolidate the sustainability of the benefits, participants receive direct payments for ecosystem services, which amount to 60% of the carbon credit sale price. As the densely planted trees start to crowd each other out, they are selectively harvested to allow the plantation as a whole to continue to grow, thus optimizing long-run carbon sequestration while providing sustainably produced merchantable timber.
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Goal 15 Targets
15.1
By 2020, ensure the conservation, restoration and sustainable use of terrestrial and inland freshwater ecosystems and their services, in particular forests, wetlands, mountains and drylands, in line with obligations under international agreements
15.2
By 2020, promote the implementation of sustainable management of all types of forests, halt deforestation, restore degraded forests and substantially increase afforestation and reforestation globally
15.3
By 2030, combat desertification, restore degraded land and soil, including land affected by desertification, drought and floods, and strive to achieve a land degradation-neutral world
15.4
By 2030, ensure the conservation of mountain ecosystems, including their biodiversity, in order to enhance their capacity to provide benefits that are essential for sustainable development
15.5
Take urgent and significant action to reduce the degradation of natural habitats, halt the loss of biodiversity and, by 2020, protect and prevent the extinction of threatened species
15.6
Promote fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising from the utilization of genetic resources and promote appropriate access to such resources, as internationally agreed
15.7
Take urgent action to end poaching and trafficking of protected species of flora and fauna and address both demand and supply of illegal wildlife products
15.8
By 2020, introduce measures to prevent the introduction and significantly reduce the impact of invasive alien species on land and water ecosystems and control or eradicate the priority species
15.9
By 2020, integrate ecosystem and biodiversity values into national and local planning, development processes, poverty reduction strategies and accounts
15.a
Mobilize and significantly increase financial resources from all sources to conserve and sustainably use biodiversity and ecosystems
15.b
Mobilize significant resources from all sources and at all levels to finance sustainable forest management and provide adequate incentives to developing countries to advance such management, including for conservation and reforestation
15.c
Enhance global support for efforts to combat poaching and trafficking of protected species, including by increasing the capacity of local communities to pursue sustainable livelihood opportunities