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Conservation and restoration of nature will aid in achieving all other SDGs

In an article for Spire, Inger MÃ¥ren and Vigdis Vandvik explain why we need nature like never before to achieve the UN's sustainable development goals.

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Climate crisis, nature crisis, and now a pandemic. But there is hope: IPCC's Special Report on Climate Change and Land shows that preventing the loss of nature will have a positive effect on all the other sustainable development goals.

Read about why we need nature like never before to reach a sustainable world in this recent article for Spire:Ìý

The opinion peace is written by the UNESCO Chair at ÐÒÔË·Éͧ¼Æ»® - Inger E. MÃ¥ren, and the Centre Director for CeSAM - Vigdis Vandvik. They list 7 concrete steps needed to conserve and restore nature at the necessary scale:

  1. SMART goals adapted to local conditions
  2. Knowledge-based reporting
  3. Involvement of young people
  4. Involvement of the professional environments
  5. Independence and credibility
  6. Openness leads to trust
  7. Nature is the foundation of everything