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- The Cambridge Handbook of the Sustainable Development Goals and International Law
- The Cambridge Handbook of the Sustainable Development Goals and International Law
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Introduction: The Sustainable Development Goals, Agenda 2030, and International Law
- 1 SDG 1: End Poverty in All Its Forms Everywhere
- 2 SDG 2: End Hunger, Achieve Food Security and Improved Nutrition and Promote Sustainable Agriculture
- 3 SDG 3: Ensure Healthy Lives and Promote Well-Being for All at All Ages
- 4 SDG 4: Ensure Inclusive and Equitable Quality Education and Promote Lifelong Learning Opportunities for All
- 5 SDG 5: Achieve Gender Equality and Empower All Women and Girls
- 6 SDG 6: Ensure Availability and Sustainable Management of Water and Sanitation for All
- 7 SDG 7: Ensure Access to Affordable, Reliable, Sustainable and Modern Energy for All
- 8 SDG 8: Promote Sustained, Inclusive and Sustainable Economic Growth, Full and Productive Employment and Decent Work for All
- 9 SDG 9: Build Resilient Infrastructure, Promote Inclusive and Sustainable Industrialization and Foster Innovation
- 10 SDG 10: Reduce Inequality within and among Countries
- 11 SDG 11: Make Cities and Human Settlements Inclusive, Safe, Resilient and Sustainable
- 12 SDG 12: Ensure Sustainable Consumption and Production Patterns
- 13 SDG 13: Take Urgent Action to Combat Climate Change and Its Impacts
- 14 SDG 14: Conserve and Sustainably Use the Oceans, Seas and Marine Resources for Sustainable Development
- 15 SDG 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
- 16 SDG 16: Promote Peaceful and Inclusive Societies for Sustainable Development, Provide Access to Justice for All and Build Effective, Accountable and Inclusive Institutions at All Levels
- 17 SDG 17: Strengthen the Means of Implementation and Revitalize the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development
- Index
15 - SDG 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
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 September 2022
- The Cambridge Handbook of the Sustainable Development Goals and International Law
- The Cambridge Handbook of the Sustainable Development Goals and International Law
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Introduction: The Sustainable Development Goals, Agenda 2030, and International Law
- 1 SDG 1: End Poverty in All Its Forms Everywhere
- 2 SDG 2: End Hunger, Achieve Food Security and Improved Nutrition and Promote Sustainable Agriculture
- 3 SDG 3: Ensure Healthy Lives and Promote Well-Being for All at All Ages
- 4 SDG 4: Ensure Inclusive and Equitable Quality Education and Promote Lifelong Learning Opportunities for All
- 5 SDG 5: Achieve Gender Equality and Empower All Women and Girls
- 6 SDG 6: Ensure Availability and Sustainable Management of Water and Sanitation for All
- 7 SDG 7: Ensure Access to Affordable, Reliable, Sustainable and Modern Energy for All
- 8 SDG 8: Promote Sustained, Inclusive and Sustainable Economic Growth, Full and Productive Employment and Decent Work for All
- 9 SDG 9: Build Resilient Infrastructure, Promote Inclusive and Sustainable Industrialization and Foster Innovation
- 10 SDG 10: Reduce Inequality within and among Countries
- 11 SDG 11: Make Cities and Human Settlements Inclusive, Safe, Resilient and Sustainable
- 12 SDG 12: Ensure Sustainable Consumption and Production Patterns
- 13 SDG 13: Take Urgent Action to Combat Climate Change and Its Impacts
- 14 SDG 14: Conserve and Sustainably Use the Oceans, Seas and Marine Resources for Sustainable Development
- 15 SDG 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
- 16 SDG 16: Promote Peaceful and Inclusive Societies for Sustainable Development, Provide Access to Justice for All and Build Effective, Accountable and Inclusive Institutions at All Levels
- 17 SDG 17: Strengthen the Means of Implementation and Revitalize the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development
- Index
Summary
This chapter illuminates the extent to which the targets of SDG 15, Life on Land, reflect the international obligations of, and guidance adopted under, the 1992 Convention on Biological Diversity as an umbrella convention with overarching legal principles and concepts. In doing so, it demonstrates the extent to which international human rights law can support joined-up implementation of the convention and other international environmental agreements with a view to realizing SDG 15 through policy coherence, notably in the context of land-based investments.
SDG 15, terrestrial biodiversity, land, sustainable use, conservation, human rights, investment, forest, desertification, wetlands, Indigenous peoples, international law
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- Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022