Sustainable Development Goals: Their Impacts on Forests and People

Introduction; 1. SDG 1: end poverty - impacts of social protection, tenure security and building resilience on forests; 2. SDG 2: zero hunger - challenging the hegemony of monoculture agriculture for forests and people; 3. SDG 3: good health and well-being - framing targets to maximise co-benefits for forests and people; 4. SDG 4: quality education and forests - 'The Golden Thread'; 5. SDG 5: gender equality - a precondition for sustainable forestry; 6. SDG 6: clean water and sanitation - forest-related targets and their impacts on forests and people; 7. SDG 7: affordable and clean energy - how access to affordable and clean energy affects forests and forest-based livelihoods; 8. SDG 8: decent work and economic growth - potential impacts on forests and forest-dependent livelihoods; 9. SDG 9: industry, innovation and infrastructure - anticipating the potential impacts on forests and forest-based livelihoods; 10. SDG 10: reduced inequalities - an environmental justice perspective to implications on forests and people; 11. SDG 11: sustainable cities and communities - impacts on forests and forest-based livelihoods; 12. SDG 12: responsible consumption and production - potential benefits and impacts on forests and livelihoods; 13. SDG 13: Climate action - impacts on forests and people; 14. SDG 14: life below water - impacts on mangroves; 15. SDG 15: Life on land - the central role of forests in sustainable development; 16. SDG 16: peace, justice and strong institutions - a political ecology perspective; 17. SDG 17: partnerships for the goals - focus on forest finance and partnerships; 18. Synergies, trade-offs and contextual conditions shaping impacts of the sustainable development goals on forests and people; 19. The impacts of the sustainable development goals on forest and people - conclusions and the way forward.