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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Global Young Greens |
GYG | 2007 | Brussels | Belgium | F | |
Global Youth Biodiversity Network |
GYBN | 2012 | F | y | ||
Globalisation for the Common Good Initiative |
GCGI | 2002 | J | |||
Globethics.net Foundation |
2005 | Geneva | Switzerland | F | f | |
Globetree Foundation |
1982 | Stockholm | Sweden | G | f | |
Go Green Initiative |
2002 | Pleasanton CA | USA | G | ||
Good Energies Foundation |
2007 | Zug | Switzerland | J | f | |
GoodElectronics |
Amsterdam | Netherlands | F | y | ||
GoodPlanet Foundation |
2005 | Paris | France | G | f | |
GRAIN |
1990 | Barcelona | Spain | F | ||
Grassland Society of Southern Africa |
GSSA | 1966 | Middelburg | South Africa | N | |
Grassroots International |
GI | 1983 | Boston MA | USA | G | |
Great Ape Project |
GAP | 1994 | Sao Paulo | Brazil | F | |
Great Apes Survival Project |
GRASP | Nairobi | Kenya | E | ||
Great Apes World Heritage Species Project |
Cambridge MA | USA | G | |||
Great Bear Foundation |
GBF | 1981 | Haines AK | USA | G | f |
Great Lakes Commission |
GLC | 1955 | Ann Arbor MI | USA | G | g |
Green Across the World |
GATW | 2000 | Shoreham VT | USA | G | |
Green Africa Directory |
2012 | Cape Town | South Africa | G | ||
Green Ark Committee |
GRC | 2011 | Kinshasa | Congo DR | F | |
Green Asia Network |
GAN | 1998 | Seoul | Korea Rep | G | |
Green Belt Movement |
1977 | Nairobi | Kenya | F | ||
Green Caribbean Foundation |
N | f | ||||
Green Chemistry Group |
Oakmont PA | USA | N | |||
Green Climate Fund |
GCF | 2010 | Incheon | Korea Rep | F | fg |
Green Cooling Initiative |
GCI | 2014 | Eschborn | Germany | G | y |
Green Cross International |
GCI | 1993 | Geneva | Switzerland | F | |
Green Diplomacy Network |
GDN | 2003 | E | |||
Green Earth Foundation |
El Verano CA | USA | G | f | ||
Green Economy Coalition |
GEC | 2009 | London | UK | F | y |
Green European Foundation |
GEF | 2008 | Brussels | Belgium | F | f |
Green Growth Knowledge Platform |
GGKP | 2012 | Geneva | Switzerland | F | y |
Green Hotels Association |
1993 | Houston TX | USA | D | ||
Green Industry Platform |
GIP | F | ty | |||
Green Jobs and Sustainable Development International Centre |
GJASD International | 2014 | Geneva | Switzerland | C | |
Green Our Planet |
GOP | 2013 | G | |||
Green Project Management |
GPM | 2009 | Novi MI | USA | J | |
Green Schools Alliance |
GSA | 2007 | Washington DC | USA | G | |
Green Spider Network |
GSN | 1995 | Bucharest | Romania | E | y |
Green Sports Alliance |
GSA | 2010 | Portland OR | USA | G | |
Green Without Borders |
2015 | Kakamega | Kenya | G | ||
Green World City Organisation |
GWC | Sydney NSW | Australia | J | ||
Greenheart International |
2013 | Chicago IL | USA | G | ||
Greenheart Project |
Tokyo | Japan | N | |||
Greening of Industry Network |
GIN | 1991 | Enschede | Netherlands | F | t |
GreenMicrofinance Center |
GMfC | Phoenixville PA | USA | G | ||
Greenpeace International |
1971 | Amsterdam | Netherlands | F | ||
GRET |
1976 | Nogent-sur-Marne | France | G | ||
Group of the Greens - European Free Alliance |
Greens/EFA | 1984 | Brussels | Belgium | F | |
Group on Earth Observations |
GEO | 2005 | Geneva | Switzerland | F | g |