Global Civil Society & the UN Sustainable Development Goals
Goal 15: Sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, halt and reverse land degradation, halt biodiversity loss
Goal 15 is about conserving life on land. It is to protect and restore terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and stop biodiversity loss.
Earth’s ecosystems are vital for sustaining human life, they contribute to over half of global GDP and encompass diverse cultural, spiritual, and economic values.
However, the world is facing a triple crisis of climate change, pollution and biodiversity loss.
Between 2015 and 2019, at least 100 million hectares of healthy and productive land were degraded every year, impacting the lives of 1.3 billion people.
Agricultural expansion is the direct driver of almost 90 per cent of deforestation. This is in direct relation to our food systems, and oil palm harvesting accounted for 7 per cent of global deforestation from 2000 to 2018.
Global and regional efforts to sustain forest ecosystems as well as their social, economic and environmental functions are essential, in particular for developing countries and the tropics.
We need to shift humanity’s relationship with nature to achieve Goal 15, and realise that nature is the root of our life of earth. The recently adopted Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework provides renewed impetus for Goal 15, outlining four outcome- oriented goals to be achieved by 2050 and 23 targets to be achieved by 2030.
Name | Acronym | Founded | City HQ | Country/Territory HQ | Type I | Type II |
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Development Workshop Austria |
1986 | Hallein | Austria | G | ||
Dhaka Ahsania Mission |
DAM | 1958 | Dhaka | Bangladesh | G | |
Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International |
1978 | Atlanta GA | USA | G | f | |
Digital Green |
2008 | Delhi | India | G | ||
Diobass, écologie et société |
DES | 1996 | Nivelles | Belgium | G | v |
Direct Aid International |
1981 | Kuwait | Kuwait | F | f | |
Direct Aid International |
1999 | Northfield VT | USA | N | ||
DIVERSITAS in Western Pacific and Asia |
DIWPA Network | 1993 | Otsu | Japan | E | v |
DMZ Forum |
1997 | East Meadow NY | USA | G | ||
Dolphinaria-Free Europe |
DFE | F | y | |||
Donau Soja |
2012 | Vienna | Austria | D | ||
Drawdown Europe Research Association |
DERA | Amsterdam | Netherlands | D | ||
Drinkable Rivers |
2020 | Zandvoort | Netherlands | G | ||
Drynet |
2007 | Mowbray | South Africa | F | y | |
Ducks Unlimited |
DU | 1937 | Memphis TN | USA | F | |
Dunamenti Állatfajták Génmegőrző Nemzetközi Egyesülete |
DAGENE | 1989 | Budapest | Hungary | D | |
Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust |
1963 | Trinity | UK | G | f | |
Earth and Space Foundation |
1994 | Cambridge | UK | N | f | |
Earth Association for Regression Therapy |
EARTh | 2006 | Kessel-Eik | Netherlands | D | |
Earth Champions Foundation |
2000 | J | f | |||
Earth Charter International |
ECI | 2000 | San José | Costa Rica | F | |
Earth Child Institute |
ECI | F | j | |||
Earth Commission |
2019 | Stockholm | Sweden | E | ||
Earth Council |
1989 | G | ||||
Earth Day Network |
EDN | Washington DC | USA | F | ||
Earth Economics |
1998 | Tacoma WA | USA | G | ||
Earth Federation Movement |
EFM | 2007 | J | |||
Earth First |
1979 | G | ||||
Earth Foundation International |
1990 | Santiago | Chile | N | f | |
Earth Institute at Columbia University |
New York NY | USA | G | j | ||
Earth Island Institute |
EII | 1982 | Berkeley CA | USA | G | j |
Earth Law Alliance |
ELA | 2012 | J | |||
Earth Law Center |
2008 | Durango CO | USA | G | ||
Earth League International |
2013 | Los Angeles CA | USA | F | ||
Earth Link |
2000 | Zillmere QLD | Australia | G | ||
Earth Observing System |
EOS | Greenbelt MD | USA | G | ||
Earth Organization |
N | |||||
Earth Partners Foundation |
2009 | G | f | |||
Earth Repair Foundation |
ERF | Katoomba NSW | Australia | N | f | |
Earth Restoration Corps |
ERC | 1999 | Crestone CO | USA | N | |
Earth Restoration Service |
ERS | 2004 | London | UK | G | |
Earth Rights Institute |
ERI | 2001 | Santa Monica CA | USA | G | j |
Earth Security |
London | UK | G | |||
Earth Share |
Bethesda MD | USA | G | |||
Earth Society Foundation |
ESF | New York NY | USA | G | f | |
Earth Train Foundation |
2001 | Albany CA | USA | G | f | |
Earth-Friendly Schools Hawaii-International |
1992 | Volcano HI | USA | K | ||
Earth5R |
2014 | Mumbai | India | F | ||
EarthCare Africa |
ECAF | Nairobi | Kenya | G | ||
Earthcorps |
1993 | Seattle WA | USA | G |