17 – Partnerships for the Goals – Page 2 – Sustainable Development Goals

Development of a cost-benefit assessment framework in support of the State of Land and Water (SOLAW) report 2021

Community Engagement or Service, industry partnerships

This project aimed to contribute to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) led SOLAW21 report by providing a strong comprehensive response framework for better understanding the effectiveness of technical, Institutional and policy responses to mitigate and adapt to land, soil and water degradation. The scale of benefits of this…

Science for SDG6: A pathway to accelerate the implementation of SDGs

Community Engagement or Service, industry partnerships

Based on a MoU between UNESCO and Griffith University, intergovernmental Hydrological Programme (IHP) of UNESCO and the Sustainable Water Future program of Future Earth ( hosted at Griffith University) are developing a joint action plan, “Science for SDG6: Science to accelerate the implementation of SDG6″, focusing on the role…

Environmental Economic Accounting for the Mitchell River catchment

Research

This project produced a pilot set of Ecosystem Accounts for the Mitchell River catchment in far north Queensland. The Ecosystem Accounts were constructed using recently standardised methodologies from the The United Nations’ System of Environmental Economic Accounting – Ecosystem Accounting (SEEA EA). SEEA EA provides a framework for organising data…

Developing a transformative tourism model for the South Pacific

Community Engagement or Service, industry partnerships

In a South Pacific context, this project aims to develop and disseminate a model of tourism that balances economic, social and environmental objectives. In addition to creating new knowledge in tourism and sustainable development, expected outcomes include an enduring community of practice, a suite of tools, guides and policy briefs…

Inter-University Sustainable Development Research Programme (IUSDRP)

Research

The Inter-University Sustainable Development Research Programme is a platform through which member universities undertake research on matters related to sustainable development, according to an agreed-upon work plan and agenda. The IUSDRP started in 2014 and Griffith joined in 2016.

Goal 17 - Partnerships for the Goals

Development of a cost-benefit assessment framework in support of the State of Land and Water (SOLAW) report 2021

Science for SDG6: A pathway to accelerate the implementation of SDGs

Environmental Economic Accounting for the Mitchell River catchment

Developing a transformative tourism model for the South Pacific

Inter-University Sustainable Development Research Programme (IUSDRP)