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SDG15: The fight for life on land

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Progress on protecting life on land has been agonisingly slow, as deforestation and habitat loss has accelerated, but hopes remain that a step change in global land management can yet be engineered. And those are the only the most obvious essential services provided by the land. To take just one example, an estimated 1.6 SDG 15 to the rescue?

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How forestry conservation is sustaining both the climate and livelihoods in the Congo

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Moreover, the people that depend on it are getting access to health, education, food security, and sustainable livelihoods. Deforestation and forest degradation are the second leading causes of global warming, responsible for about 15 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions. To limit the global temperature rise to 1.5