15
Life On Land
Whats the Goal?
To sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, halt and reverse land degradation, and halt biodiversity loss.
As a regional leader of agricultural education that is rooted in scientific understanding, SDG 15 is supported at DkIT in a number of ways, including student experiences in the Agricultural Science labs in the JBB Building. Within these labs agriculture students engage practically with methodologies that underpin the monitoring of our environment for aspects of land degradation, water quality damage, reductions in biodiversity and the potential of high value genetic resources. Both new-entrant and experienced personnel from a wide range of backgrounds that engage in agricultural and environmental learning at DkIT from both full time and part-time courses to MSc level, gain valuable practical skills that can easily be utilised to directly contribute to SDG 15 with DkIT’s catchment region and beyond.
Furthermore, these facilities are utilised in the Agri-Environmental research theme in the Centre for Freshwater and Environmental studies (CFES) in DkIT, and allows for cutting edge land-based research focused on pollution control, improved resource efficiency and the impacts of climate change to be disseminated to key stakeholders with the DkIT catchment and nationally. Also, this research provides a window to the current scientific advances in land use directly into the teaching and education of students within the School of Health & Science.
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