🌍 One Goal, Many Ripples: Why Achieving Life on Land (SDG 15) is Vital for All SDGs and how the EUDR supports this!
In 2015, the UN set 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for a better world by 2030. Among them, Goal 15 — Life on Land— is pivotal, focusing on sustainable forest management, combating desertification, and halting land degradation.
However, with only 5 years left to achieve these goals, progress towards achieving Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) is lagging, as can be seen in its 2024 report on the agenda’s progress. This isn’t just a setback for Goal 15; it impacts other goals like ending poverty (SDG 1) and hunger (SDG 2).
🔍 Land Degradation, when set in the bigger picture, leads to a decrease in food production, as the degraded soil is not able to yield the necessary amount of vegetation. Consequently, with a reduced production of food, issues like world hunger are prevented from being solved and even more difficult to be eradicated.
This chain reaction even pushes communities to migrate due to worsening living conditions. At ESMERALDA, we believe no one should face such difficult choices due to external pressures. This is why it is of paramount importance to focus on achieving LDN through regulations such as the EUDR —not just for life on land but for the success of all SDGs. 🚀
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