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UN SDG 15: Life on Land

Goal 15 · UN Sustainable Development Goals

Life on Land

Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and biodiversity loss.

Goal 15 covers ecosystem conservation, sustainable forest management, anti-desertification, biodiversity protection, and the prevention of poaching and trafficking.

8.3k

Publications

25k

Researchers

307

Universities

African research focus

African research underpins savannah and rainforest ecology, community-based conservation, ivory and pangolin trafficking forensics, and rangeland restoration at scale.

Top researchers working on Life on Land

Ranked by publication count tagged with this goal.

  1. 1.

    Nicholas Wilding

    118 publications · Life on Land

  2. 2.

    Sébastien Leblond

    117 publications · Life on Land

  3. 3.

    Jacques Bardat

    117 publications · Life on Land

  4. 4.

    Quentin Dejonghe

    117 publications · Life on Land

  5. 5.

    John C. Brinda

    117 publications · Life on Land

  6. 6.

    Robbert Gradstein

    117 publications · Life on Land

  7. 7.

    Terry A. J. Hedderson

    University of Cape Town · South Africa

    117 publications · Life on Land

  8. 8.

    Tamás PÓCS

    116 publications · Life on Land

  9. 9.

    Catherine REEB

    116 publications · Life on Land

  10. 10.

    Claudine AH-PENG

    114 publications · Life on Land

  11. 11.

    Sabry M. Shaheen

    Kafr el-Sheikh University · Egypt

    77 publications · Life on Land

  12. 12.

    Jörg Rinklebe

    72 publications · Life on Land

  13. 13.

    Nicholas Wilding Terry A. J. Hedderson Tamás Pócs Sébastien Leblond Robbert Gradstein John C. Brinda Catherine Reeb Quentin Dejonghe Jacques Bardat Claudine Ah-Peng

    54 publications · Life on Land

  14. 14.

    Paul W. Webala

    Maasai Mara University · Kenya

    33 publications · Life on Land

  15. 15.

    Koto-te-Nyiwa Ngbolua

    Université de Kinshasa (UNIKIN) · DR Congo

    25 publications · Life on Land

  16. 16.

    Vasileios Antoniadis

    23 publications · Life on Land

  17. 17.

    Gideon F. Smith

    Nelson Mandela University · South Africa

    23 publications · Life on Land

  18. 18.

    Hidenari Kishimoto

    21 publications · Life on Land

  19. 19.

    Shingo TOYOSHIMA

    21 publications · Life on Land

  20. 20.

    Yaser Hassan Dewir

    19 publications · Life on Land

  21. 21.

    Hailong Wang

    18 publications · Life on Land

  22. 22.

    Ebrahem M. Eid

    17 publications · Life on Land

  23. 23.

    Jason R. Grant

    16 publications · Life on Land

  24. 24.

    Rafael Felipe de Almeida

    University of the Witwatersrand · South Africa

    16 publications · Life on Land

Top universities for Life on Land

Institutions producing the most publications tagged with this goal.

  1. 1.

    Kafr el-Sheikh University

    Egypt

    431 publications

  2. 2.

    Université de Kinshasa (UNIKIN)

    DR Congo

    327 publications

  3. 3.

    University of Pretoria

    South Africa

    324 publications

  4. 4.

    University of Cape Town

    South Africa

    267 publications

  5. 5.

    Stellenbosch University

    South Africa

    264 publications

  6. 6.

    University of the Witwatersrand

    South Africa

    221 publications

  7. 7.

    Addis Ababa University

    Ethiopia

    159 publications

  8. 8.

    Université de Yaoundé I

    Cameroon

    138 publications

  9. 9.

    Mohammed V University

    Morocco

    137 publications

  10. 10.

    Nelson Mandela University

    South Africa

    136 publications

  11. 11.

    University of the Free State

    South Africa

    127 publications

  12. 12.

    University of South Africa

    South Africa

    122 publications

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Source: UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs · Goal 15