Goal 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;
Goal 15: Life on Land
General Information
Targets
By 2020, ensure the conservation, restoration and sustainable use of terrestrial and inland freshwater ecosystems and their services, in particular forests, wetlands, mountains and drylands, in line with obligations under international agreements;
- Forest area as a proportion of total land area Moderately positive progress
- Land area designated under Natura 2000 Moderately positive progress
By 2020, promote the implementation of sustainable management of all types of forests, halt deforestation, restore degraded forests and substantially increase afforestation and reforestation globally;
- Annual rate of change in forest area No review
- Total stock of aboveground biomass in forests Moderately positive progress
- Forest area in protected areas Significantly positive progress
- Forest area with long-term economic plan Moderately positive progress
- Certified forest area Significantly positive progress
By 2030, combat desertification, restore degraded land and soil, including land affected by desertification, drought and floods, and strive to achieve a land degradation-neutral world;
- Land consumption - sealed area Significantly negative trend
By 2030, ensure the conservation of mountain ecosystems, including their biodiversity, in order to enhance their capacity to provide benefits that are essential for sustainable development;
- Mountain Green Cover Index Data gap
Take urgent and significant action to reduce the degradation of natural habitats, halt the loss of biodiversity and, by 2020, protect and prevent the extinction of threatened species;
- Common Farmland Bird Index Significantly negative trend
Promote fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising from the utilization of genetic resources and promote appropriate access to such resources, as internationally agreed;
- Adoption of the Nagoya Protokoll Largely achieved
Take urgent action to end poaching and trafficking of protected species of flora and fauna and address both demand and supply of illegal wildlife products;
- Traded wildlife that was poached or illicitly trafficked Data gap
By 2020, introduce measures to prevent the introduction and significantly reduce the impact of invasive alien species on land and water ecosystems and control or eradicate the priority species;
- Adopting of legislation for the prevention or control of invasive alien species Largely achieved
By 2020, integrate ecosystem and biodiversity values into national and local planning, development processes, poverty reduction strategies and accounts;
- Implementation of national strategies and action plans for biodiversity Data gap