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SDG 15: Life on Land

Biodiversity loss should be reduced, and intact ecosystems should be conserved or restored. In addition, deforestation should be halted, desertification combated, and poaching stopped.

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Step-by-step: Protecting ecosystems, securing water for millions

In Lesotho, we work with the local community to ensure that they farm the land along the Orange River sustainably, and preserve ecosystems. This protects their livelihoods while safeguarding water supply for millions of people further downstream.
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Conflict-free from mine to market

Sourcing raw materials responsibly is possible thanks to the first conflict-free tin supply chain in Uganda. Not only the European economy benefits, but also the local community.
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Saving the forest that protects us all – the Amazon Fund

Deforestation is slowing in Brazil. This is down to the environmental policy of President Lula – and the internationally financed Amazon Fund. GIZ supports the Fund, which is managed by Brazil, on behalf of the German Government.

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‘Being a park ranger is a dream job for many of us’

Laura Díaz is one of 105 women park rangers in Costa Rica’s conservation areas. Women are still outnumbered as rangers. Yet Costa Rica is employing more and more women rangers in biodiversity protection and climate action.
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Agenda 2030

Nothing less than the ‘transformation of our world’ is at the centre of the 2030 Agenda. Economic progress worldwide should be in harmony with social justice and the protection of natural resources.

Since its adoption by the United Nations General Assembly in 2015, the 2030 Agenda, together with the Paris Climate Agreement, has been the guiding principle of German development cooperation and the overarching framework to which GIZ aligns its work.

The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations

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