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There is rising scientific evidence that humanity has now entered a new era that is defined as the Anthropocene, in which humanity is shaping the entire biosphere in a…
Welcome to the Anthropocene
From SDG Academy
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The Amazon has seen a fair amount of environmental degradation and humans have been degrading the environment since the use of fire. Thomas Lovejoy argues that we need…
Ecosystem Degradation
From SDG Academy
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The planetary squeeze, or the driving forces that explain why we’ve ended up with rising environmental risks, originate from four different areas: population…
The Quadruple Squeeze
From SDG Academy
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Sustainable Development means precisely the interconnection of economic, social, and environmental objectives. Therefore, it is important to try to achieve all of the…
How SDG 15 Links With Other SDGs
From SDG Academy
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Terrestrial ecosystems are important for social and economic reasons through both their products – such as timber, fruits, etc. – and their services –…
Social and Economic Importance of Terrestrial…
From SDG Academy
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Professor Carl Folke discusses a social-ecological system approach, in which people are looked at as being part of, and changing, the planet, in addition to being…
Social-Ecological Systems
From SDG Academy
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This chapter is about the challenges and opportunities that urban centers face. Urban centers are expanding beyond traditional urban boundaries in a process called urban…
Cities: Challenges and Opportunities
From SDG Academy
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A planetary boundary process is an environmental process that is part of the Earth's regulatory system, helping it to remain in our current desired state of the…
Justification for Planetary Boundary Selection
From SDG Academy
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We are now a big world on a small planet. The Great Acceleration starts with the expansion of human exploitation of the world, seen in urbanization, land-use…
The Great Acceleration
From SDG Academy
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This chapter explains the concern about atmospheric aerosols, which are liquid droplets or particles that are suspended in the atmosphere. They absorb and reflect light,…
Aerosol Loading
From SDG Academy
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In this chapter, Virgilio Viana discusses holistic approaches to the design of public policies policies for sustainable development using his experience as state…
The Holistic Design of Public Policies for SDG 15
From SDG Academy
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This chapter provides an overview of the nine targets associated with SDG 15, which relates to terrestrial ecosystems or Life on Land. The targets focus on: preserving…
Introduction to SDG 15
From SDG Academy
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Ecosystem services can be divided among those that are provisioning; those that produce market goods that are consumed by human beings; those that regulate the provision…
Valuing Ecosystem Services
From SDG Academy
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This chapter discusses human impacts on the global nitrogen and phosphorus cycles that link the living and non-living parts of the Earth system. These chemical…
Interference with Global Nitrogen and Phosphorous…
From SDG Academy
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Resilience has a dual nature, of thinking about sustaining what we want to sustain, AND building the capacity to adapt or transform toward something better. We live in a…
Non-Linear Thinking in the Anthropocene
From SDG Academy
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This chapter discusses the social foundations for the planetary boundaries. This goes back to the Brundtland Report of 1987, which defined sustainability as a…
Social Foundations for Planetary Boundaries
From SDG Academy
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