Title of article :
Investigating Iran's Position in Indicators of Sustainable Development in Relation to Rights Habitat and Biodiversity Conservation
Author/Authors :
Behravesh, Mehdi Department of Environmental Law - Faculty of Natural Resources and Environment - Islamic Azad University - Science and Research Branch, Tehran, Iran , Poorhashemi, Abbas President of the Canadian Institute for international law expertise (CIFILE), Totonto, Canada , Panahi, Mostafa Associated professor of Department of Environmental Economics - Faculty of Natural Resources and Environment - Science and Research Branch - Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran , Parvin, Mohammad Reza Departement of Microbial Biotechnology - Agricultural Biotechnology Research Institute of Iran (ABRII) - Agricultural Research - Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Karaj, Iran
Abstract :
One of the most important goals of sustainable development, which is a requirement for
all countries, is the protection of habitats and biodiversity. The purpose of this study is
to investigate and determine the position of Iran in achieving the goals related to the
protection of aquatic and terrestrial habitats and the realization of sustainable development
indicators (SDG17). For this purpose, in this article, by comprehensively reviewing all valid
international reports and documents, the rank and score of Iran has been determined and
compared worldwide. The results showed that Iran has a score of 70.01 in achieving the
goals of sustainable development, which is 74th among 165 countries in the world. Overall,
based on the research findings, it can be said that Iran's ranking in achieving goal number
14 is slightly better than goal number 15. In other words, Iran has performed better in the
field of marine biodiversity protection than inland biodiversity protection. The situation of
Iran in the field of SDG14; Significant challenges remain and score moderately improving,
insufficient to attain goal.
Keywords :
Sustainable development , Indicators , Habitat , Biodiversity , Environmental rights
Journal title :
Anthropogenic Pollution Journal