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.
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African research focus
African research underpins savannah and rainforest ecology, community-based conservation, ivory and pangolin trafficking forensics, and rangeland restoration at scale.
Top universities for Life on Land
Institutions producing the most publications tagged with this goal.
- 1.
Kafr el-Sheikh University
Egypt
421 publications
- 2.
Mohamed I University
Morocco
369 publications
- 3.
University of Pretoria
South Africa
325 publications
- 4.
Université de Kinshasa (UNIKIN)
DR Congo
303 publications
- 5.
University of Cape Town
South Africa
264 publications
- 6.
Stellenbosch University
South Africa
257 publications
- 7.
University of the Witwatersrand
South Africa
232 publications
- 8.
Debre Berhan University
Ethiopia
185 publications
- 9.
Abdelmalek Essaâdi University
Morocco
178 publications
- 10.
Addis Ababa University
Ethiopia
171 publications
- 11.
Ibn Tofail University
Morocco
161 publications
- 12.
Tunis El Manar University
Tunisia
157 publications
Recent publications
Most recent research from African institutions tagged with Life on Land.
- 2026Open Access4 citations
Beyond species means – the intraspecific contribution to global wood density variation
New Phytologist · University Of Antananarivo
- 2026Open Access3 citations
Whiteness Evaluation for Chemical Analysis (WECA) as a Flexible Tool and Web-Based Software for Whiteness Assessment in Analytical Chemistry
Analytica—A Journal of Analytical Chemistry and Chemical Analysis · University of Sadat City
- 2026Open Access3 citations
Sustainable removal of brilliant green dye from aqueous media using a calcium alginate–polydopamine bio-composite: process optimization and adsorption mechanism
Materials Advances · Sinai University
- 2026Open Access3 citations
Eco-friendly synthesis of Balanites aegyptiaca-derived selenium nanoparticles: extract and assessment of their anticancer, antimicrobial, cytogenetic and molecular docking insights
Scientific Reports · Arish University
- 2026Open Access3 citations
Ethnobotanical study of wild edible plants in Shabelle Zone, Eastern Ethiopia
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine · Jigjiga University
- 20263 citations
Eco-friendly differential pulse voltammetry for non-invasive detection of ofloxacin using zinc-based metal organic frameworks (Zn-MOF) with environmental sustainability assessment
Microchemical Journal · Badr University in Cairo
- 2026Open Access3 citations
NEUROPIA: Neural Cognitive Field Unification for Cross-Domain Dissipative Intelligence
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) · Renaissance University
- 2026Open Access3 citations
Effect of NaOH Concentration and Curing Temperature on Geopolymers Incorporating Oyster Shell and Glass Waste
International Journal of Polymer Science · University of Douala
- 2026Open Access2 citations
Nodule–Microbiome Dynamics: Deciphering the Complexities of Nodule Symbiosis and the Root Microbiome
International Journal of Molecular Sciences · Université Moulay Ismail de Meknes
- 2026Open Access2 citations
CNN-MLP framework for forest burned areas prediction using PSO-WOA algorithm
Scientific Reports · Suez University
- 2026Open Access2 citations
Limited thermal tolerance in tropical insects and its genomic signature
Nature · University of Embu
- 2026Open Access2 citations
Temporal land use patterns, woody plant diversity, and carbon sequestration in Mumosho forest landscape, Eastern DR Congo
Discover Forests · Université de Kinshasa (UNIKIN)
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Source: UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs · Goal 15