Relaxation day today – too much work last week. Interesting links on Facebook to stuff I am working on from a friend of a friend. The world is small.
Soup day today, thankfully had my Marmite delivery. It was tough – it really tasted so good I found it hard to stop sampling it. Not all my cooking has gone so well. I had a minor accident a few days ago with a tray from my oven – burned my arm. It was looking a bit nasty until I switched to hydrocolloid plasters. Amazing rate of healing.
SDG Goal 15 tonight “Life on Land” – Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss
Quite a mouthful – and hard to untangle from some of the previous goals like Sustainable Cities, Responsible Consumption and Climate Action.
The individual targets are quite broad, but I see some ideas around farming and natural habitats in them:
- By 2020, ensure the conservation, restoration and sustainable use of terrestrial and inland freshwater ecosystems and their services, in particular forests, wetlands, mountains and drylands, in line with obligations under international agreements
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Promote fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising from the utilization of genetic resources and promote appropriate access to such resources, as internationally agreed
- 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
- 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
- By 2020, integrate ecosystem and biodiversity values into national and local planning, development processes, poverty reduction strategies and accounts
- Mobilize and significantly increase financial resources from all sources to conserve and sustainably use biodiversity and ecosystems
- Mobilize 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 for conservation and reforestation
- 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
One of the shocking facts is the number of species threatened with extinction is growing with time – so we are driving in reverse for this. The red list is a good way to keep track of this. If you go the website there is an option for support.
There is another group dealing with birds – Bird Life International.
But there is the simple action suggested in the graphic that we can do – plant a tree. I have another 8 to plant this year.
Land use is resulting in degradation of the land – and this is hitting 20% of out land. Worth looking for a charity that supports reconstruction of the land.