Question

why SDG 15 is important?

Answer 1

The world has lost over 12 million hectares of forest every year from 2000 to 2010. Expansion of commercial agriculture, especially large-scale farming, has largely caused this significant loss of forest cover. Nevertheless, damaging the environment, particularly forests, comes at great costs.

Answer 2

hi Unnimaya ,

SDG 15 is important because-

Ensure the sustainable use, restoration and conservation of inland and terrestrial freshwater systems, particularly forests, mountains, drylands, and wetlands, according to the obligations set out in international agreements.

Promote sustainable management of forests, stop deforestation, considerably increase reforestation and afforestation globally as well as repair degraded forests.

Ensure the effective conservation of ecosystems around mountains, including their rich biodiversity, to improve their ability to offer the essential benefits necessary for real sustainable development.

Fight desertification, restore damaged soil and land, including land ravaged by floods, drought and desertification.

Take crucial action so as to reduce dilapidation of natural habitats, stop biodiversity loss and prevent and protect threatened species against extinction.

Promote equitable and fair sharing of benefits that arise from the use of any genetic resources as well as promoting suitable access to these resources, as globally agreed.

Take swift action to put an end to poaching and subsequent trafficking of all protected species and also address the supply and demand of prohibited wildlife products.

Introduce new measures to reduce significantly or prevent the unwanted introduction of foreign invasive species on water and land ecosystems and eradicate or control the main species.

Integrate biodiversity and ecosystem values into local and national planning, poverty reduction plan, and development processes.

Significantly increase and mobilise financial resource to ensure the sustainable use and conservation of ecosystems and biodiversity.

Mobilise essential resources from every available resource at all financial levels to finance truly sustainable management of forests, and offer sufficient incentives to the developing nations to use such management, particularly for reforestation and conservation.

Improve universal support for all efforts to fight trafficking and poaching of all protecting species, by enhancing the ability of local affected communities to seek sustainable employment opportunities.

So far, we have only managed to safeguard about 14% of coastal marine and terrestrial areas, but that is not enough. The main challenge of this particular SDG is to enhance our efforts and to take conservation more seriously.

Thanks