Reconciling Human Welfare and the Environment – Ways for More
Sustainable Oil Palm Cultivation?
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
- NO POVERTY–End poverty in all its forms everywhere.
- ZERO HUNGER–End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture.
- GOOD HEALTH AND WELL BEING–Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages.
- QUALITY EDUCATION–Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.
- GENDER EQUALITY–Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.
- CLEAN WATER AND SANITATION–Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all.
- AFFORDABLE AND CLEAN ENERGY–Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and clean energy for all.
- DECENT WORK AND ECONOMIC GROWTH–Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all.
- INDUSTRY, INNOVATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE–Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation.
- REDUCED INEQUALITIES–Reduce inequality within and among countries.
- SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND COMMUNITIES–Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable.
- RESPONSIBLE CONSUMPTION AND PRODUCTION–Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns.
- CLIMATE ACTION–Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts.
- LIFE BELOW WATER–Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development.
- LIFE ON LAND–Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss.
- PEACE, JUSTICE AND STRONG INSTITUTIONS–Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels.
- PARTNERSHIPS FOR THE GOALS–Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development.
Figure 20: Adapted from UNESCO MGIEP[31]


