3-Explanation Of The 15th Goal

    15 Life on Land     

 (This goal overall promotes the health of land life. It includes protecting, restoring, and promoting land ecosystems, managing forests sustainably. Combatting desertification and halting and reversing land degradation and biodiversity loss).(United Nations,2020)

 

- Why this goal is important:

1- Sustainable forest management.

2- Fight the spread of deserts.

3-Stop land deterioration.

4-Stop the loss of biodiversity. 

Overall, these actions aim to ensure that future generations will be able to enjoy the advantages of land-based ecosystems, including sustainable livelihoods.(UNEP, n.d.)

-Statistics and data.

-75 percent of newly developing infectious diseases, including avian flu and Ebola, are zoonotic, meaning they spread from animals to humans. Transmission happens when populations intrude on natural habitats and engage in activities that disturb ecosystems, such as wildlife trafficking, and occurs through human interaction with affected wild animals.

Thousand-strong total and annual seizure figures for whole pangolin equivalents, 2007–2018.

"Number of full pangolin equivalents" includes pangolin bodies, scales, flesh, and trophies in addition to live pangolin seizures.

-The extinction of species is one of the irreversible effects of human activity on the ecosystem. More than 31,000 species are in danger of going extinct owing to habitat loss brought on by  deforestation, unsustainable harvest and commerce, and invading alien species. The Red List Index will fall to or below 0.70 by 2030 if current trends continue.

Red List Index of species survival, 1993–2020, and predictions for 2021–2030 (based on an extrapolation of the global indicator using the assumption of business as usual).

-As of January 2020, 129 parties (including the European Union) had submitted their sixth national reports under the Convention on Biological Diversity. The report assesses progress towards national targets related to Aichi Biodiversity Target 2. About 32 percent of parties are on track to achieve or exceed their national targets; 50 percent have made progress, but not enough to meet the targets by 2020. International treaties recognize the importance of biodiversity in supporting economies, food production and human health.(United Nations,2020).

Progress towards national targets established in accordance with Aichi Biodiversity Target 2 of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity, 2011–2020.(United Nations,2020).

References:

UNEP. (n.d.) GOAL 15: Life on land. Available at: https://www.unep.org/explore-topics/sustainable-development-goals/why-do-sustainable-development-goals-matter/goal-15 [Accessed 8 October 2022].  

United Nations.(2020) .Statistics Division. Available at: https://www.un.org/en/academic-impact/sustainability [Accessed 9 October 2022].