eTwinning 2021 Sdg 15 presentation

1. SDG 15
LIFE ON LAND

2. Desertification
●maincause:overgrazing
●1/3 of earths surface
threatened
●2.6 billionpeople
dependonagriculture
Wildlife trafficking
●spreadsdiseases
●invasive species
cause extinction
AnimalExtinction
●habitatlossis drivenby
humans
●closetomass extinction
●150 speciesare lostevery
day
Deforestation
● intensifies climate
change
● 1.6 billionpeople
depend onforests
● increasedgreenhouse
gases

3. • plantlife ->largeamount of our diet
•60 – 80 % of fresh water comesfrom
mountainregions
Why is the goal important?

4. How do you measure the goal?
• Indicators:
•Forest area as a proportion of the total land
area
•Proportion of land that is degraded over total
land area
•Proportion of traded wildlife
•Red listindex

5. • China built a ‘green wall‘ to stop
desertification
•Breeding programs
• projects to plant trees
• Charities
• laws to protect nature
• open stores where youbring your own
container
• breeding programs
• projects to plant trees
•Charities
Germany Other countries

6. What we shouldn’t be doing
• buying products fromendangeredspecies
• consuming a lot of meat
• buying nonseasonal products fromother countries

7. What can we do to help?
•Recycle paper, glass, plastic,metaland old electronics
•Find a Goal 15 charityyou want to support
•Clean yourlocal parks and forests.

8. Only 1/3 of 113 countries were on track to
achieve their national goal to integrate
biodiversity into national planning.

9. Thank you
Does anyone have any questions?

10. Sources
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_Development_Goal_15
• https://sdgs.un.org/goals/goal15
• https://www.globalgoals.org/15-life-on-land
• https://sdg-tracker.org/biodiversity