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SDG 12: responsible consumption and production – potential benefits and impacts on forests and livelihoods

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posted on 2023-06-07, 08:44 authored by Patrick Schröder, Alexander AntonarakisAlexander Antonarakis, Jana Brauer, Abu Conteh, Ryo Kohsaka, Yuta Uchiyama, Pablo Pacheco
This chapter identifies and analyses the potential impacts and contributions of efforts to achieve SDG 12 Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) on forests and their conservation, sustainable management and use, as well as forest livelihoods. SCP has been part of the international policy discourse for more than four decades, but the uptake of SCP has not been smooth and has tended to be biased towards relatively weak measures. The inclusion of SCP in the SDG framework gives hope that SCP will receive stronger attention in the international efforts for sustainable development. Although SDG 12 targets or indicators make no direct reference to forests or forest communities, the chapter finds that SDG12 targets can contribute positively to forest protection and conservation efforts. The review of the SDG 12 targets does not point towards any direct trade-offs between achieving the SDG12 targets and protection of forest ecosystems, resources and livelihoods. SDG 12 can contribute to creating enabling conditions for advancing more responsible and sustainable supply of timber and other forest commodities, also linked to more responsible demand. To enhance forest conservation and livelihoods through SCP beyond 2030, an integrative SCP approach addressing systemic issues is needed.

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  • Published

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Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Page range

386-418

Book title

Sustainable Development Goals: Their Impacts on Forests and People

Place of publication

Cambridge

ISBN

9781108765015

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  • Geography Publications

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  • climate@sussex Publications
  • Sussex Sustainability Research Programme Publications

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Pia Katila, Pablo Pecheco, Glenn Galloway, Wil de Jong, Georg Winkel, Carol J Pierce Colfer

Legacy Posted Date

2019-12-12

First Open Access (FOA) Date

2019-12-12

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2019-12-10

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