SDG Goal 15 - Life on Land

Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss

SDG 15 focuses on the health of ecosystems, in which we and all other species depend is deteriorating  more rapidly than ever, affecting the very foundations of our economies, livelihoods, food security, health and quality of life worldwide. Human activity has altered almost 75 per cent of the earth’s surface, squeezing wildlife and nature into an ever- smaller corner of the planet. Around 1 million animal and plant species are threatened with extinction.

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