The United Nations established the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015 and encourages states to achieve global agenda. For life on land, UN set the independent goal for protecting restoring and promoting the sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems. This study aims to assess the implementation pathways for SDG15 in Republic of Korea (ROK). To figure out the pathways, the study firstly explores the possibility to develop new indicators, while analysing the existing indicators and assessment by United Nations organization. On the basis of the reviewing indicators, the study represents the value of indicators in the district level of ROK. Along with this, the synergy and trade-off can be examined between other goals to identify the multiple role in terrestrial Ecosystem. As a result, existing UN indicators are not enough to represent the circumstance in ROK, while the proxy indicators from national statistics are more likely to represent it. Also Goal 15 has closely link with agriculture, water, consumption and production, providing socio-economic environmental benefits to life. The study found that it is necessary to have integrated polices for achieving the SDG 15 rather than the separate approach of local government. In the future study, it needs to develop the nexus evaluation with synergy and trade-off as well as spatial implementation pathways in order to assess the implementation pathway for SDG15.

Currently the writing on the subject is limited and comprises, for the most part, guidance documents and completed assessments.

A global assessment of potential and anticipated impacts of efforts to achieve the SDGs on forests and related socio-economic systems. This title is available as Open Access via Cambridge Core.

Nearly three years ago, world leaders agreed to the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – the central framework for guiding development policies throughout the world. This edition of The State of the World’s Forests is aimed at enhancing our understanding of how forests and their sustainable management contribute to achieving several of the SDGs. Time is running out for the world’s forests: we need to work across sectors, bring stakeholders together, and take urgent action. The State of the World’s Forests 2018 identifies actions that can be taken to increase the contributions of forests and trees that are necessary to accelerate progress towards the SDGs. It is now critical that steps be taken to work more effectively with the private sector, and the informal forest sector must be transformed in order to bring broader economic, social and environmental benefits. Seventy years ago, when FAO completed its first assessment of the world’s forest resources, the major concern was whether there would be enough timber to supply global demand; now we recognize the greater global relevance of our forests and trees. For the first time, The State of the World’s Forests 2018 provides an assessment of the contribution of forests and trees to our landscapes and livelihoods. The purpose of this publication is to provide a much wider audience with an understanding of why forests and trees matter for people, the planet and posterity.

Provides a rigorous analysis of sustainable development that includes practical, policy-relevant, global case studies, explained concisely and clearly.

The United Nations World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP) is hosted and led by UNESCO. WWAP brings together the work of 31 UN-Water Members as well as 37 Partners to publish the United Nations World Water Development Report (WWDR) series. Under the theme Water for Sustainable Development, the WWDR 2015 has been prepared as a contribution from UN-Water to the discussions surrounding the post-2015 framework for global sustainable development. Highlighting water's unique and often complex role in achieving various sustainable development objectives, the WWDR 2015 is addressed to policy- and decision-makers inside and outside the water community, as well as to anyone with an interest in freshwater and its many life-giving benefits. The report sets an aspirational yet achievable vision for the future of water towards 2050 by describing how water supports healthy and prosperous human communities, maintains well functioning ecosystems and ecological services, and provides a cornerstone for short and long-term economic development. It provides an overview of the challenges, issues and trends in terms of water resources, their use and water-related services like water supply and sanitation. The report also offers, in a rigorous yet accessible manner, guidance about how to address these challenges and to seize the opportunities that sound water management provides in order to achieve and maintain economic, social and environmental sustainability.