Goal 13 is to take urgent action to combat climate change and its impact
15.2 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;
15.3 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;
15.4 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;
15.5 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;
15.6 Promote fair and equitable sharing of the
benefits arising from the utilisation of genetic
resources and promote appropriate access to
such resources, as internationally agreed;
15.7 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;
15.8 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;
15.9 By 2020, integrate ecosystem and
biodiversity values into national and local
planning, development processes, poverty
reduction strategies and accounts;
15.a Mobilise and significantly increase financial
resources from all sources to conserve
and sustainably use biodiversity and
ecosystems;
15.b Mobilise significant resources from
all sources and at all levels to finance
sustainable forest management and
provide adequate incentives to developing
countries to advance such management,
including conservation and reforestation;
and
15.c Enhance global support for efforts to
combat poaching and trafficking of
protected species, including by increasing
the capacity of local communities to pursue
sustainable livelihood opportunities.
Source: UN - Transforming Our World: The 2030
Agenda for Sustainable Development
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