SDG15 Life on Land

Synergetic SDGs national level inter-linkages implementation: “Environmental system: Observation Deforestation Effect in Global Tropical Forest”

This case study reviewed the new possible approaches utilized to implement the inter-linkages of the critical component of Goal 15 for addressing forest development to tackle deforestation, land degradation, and the protection of biodiversity, especially the target 15.2 and 15.3.

World Resources Institute

World Resources Institute (WRI) is a global research organization that spans more than 50 countries, with offices in Brazil, China, Europe, India, Indonesia, Mexico, and the United States. Our more than 700 experts and staff turn big ideas into action at the nexus of environment, economic opportunity and human well-being.

Institute for Global Environment Strategies (IGES)

The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) is a collaborative research and outreach organisation working to drive action on the world’s most critical environmental and social challenges.

Our strategic research and operations are defined by a mission: to accelerate the transition to a sustainable, resilient, shared, and inclusive Asia-Pacific region, both across borders and within the world at large.  We do this through the delivery of trusted expertise on sustainable development and resilience.

Cap-Net Campus

The Virtual Campus is an innovative platform to support water capacity development. Fully functional in English and Spanish, and ready to incorporate other languages, the campus is based on a state of the art platform making use of the latest developed tools and open source software, resulting in an user friendly system.

Introduction to Sustainable Development Goal indicators under FAO custodianship

This short course introduces the process of monitoring progress towards the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). It highlights the role of UN agencies in supporting data collection and analysis, and it presents the SDG indicators under FAO custodianship.

Audience

This short course is intended as a quick introduction for all people interested in the process of data collection, analysis and reporting for SDG indicators, with a focus on indicators for which FAO is custodian agency.