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Goal 15: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
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Forests cover 30 percent of the Earth's surface, and in addition to providing food security and shelter, they are an important component of combating climate change, protecting ecological diversity and indigenous peoples' homelands. Annually 13 million hectares of forest are lost, while the permanent degradation of drylands has led to the desertification of 3.6 billion hectares.
Goal Targets
15.1
To ensure the conservation and restoration of terrestrial ecosystems and inland freshwater ecosystems and services, in particular forests, wetlands, mountains and drylands, and to ensure their sustainable use, in accordance with the commitments set out in international agreements, by 2020
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15.2
Promote the implementation of sustainable management of all types of forests, halt deforestation, restore degraded forests and achieve a significant increase in the proportion of afforestation and reforestation at the global level by 2020
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15.3
Combating desertification, restoring land and degraded soils, including land affected by desertification, drought and floods, and seeking a world without land degradation by 2030
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15.4
To ensure the conservation of mountain ecosystems, including their biological diversity, in order to enhance their capacity to provide the indispensable benefits for sustainable development by 2030
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15.5
Take urgent and important measures to reduce the degradation of natural habitats, stop loss of biodiversity and, by 2020, protect and prevent extinction of endangered species
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15.6
Promote the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising out of the utilization of genetic resources and promote access to such resources, as agreed internationally
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15.7
Take urgent action to stop illegal fishing and trafficking of protected species of flora and fauna and to address illegal wildlife products, both at the supply and demand levels
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15.8
Take measures to prevent the introduction of invasive alien species into land and water ecosystems and to minimize the impact to a large extent and to control or eliminate priority species by 2020
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15.9
Integrate the values of ecosystems and biodiversity into planning processes, development processes, poverty reduction strategies and accounts at the national and local levels by 2020
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15.A
Maximize and increase financial resources from all sources for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and ecosystems
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15.B
Mobilize substantial resources from all sources and at all levels to finance sustainable forest management and provide sufficient incentives to developing countries to strengthen it, including forest conservation and reforestation
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15.C
Strengthen global support for efforts to combat the illicit fishing and trafficking of protected species, including by increasing the capacity of communities to seek sustainable livelihoods
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