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3. Promote gender equality and empower women
4. Reduce child mortality
5. Improve maternal health
6. Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
7. Ensure environmental sustainability
8. Develop a global partnership for development
All the MDGs influence health, and vice versa.
Following the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit in 2015, the
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted till the year 2030 (UN 2019).
The SDGs are as follows:
1. No poverty
2. Zero hunger
3. Good health and well-being
4. Quality education
5. Gender equality
6. Clean water and sanitation
7. Affordable and clean energy
8. Decent work and economic growth
9. Industry, innovation, and infrastructure
10. Reducing inequality
11. Sustainable cities and communities
12. Responsible consumption and production
13. Climate action
14. Life below water
15. Life on land
16. Peace, justice and Strong institutions
17. Partnerships for the goals
Environment and health are closely related. The human health cannot be
improved or assured without a healthy environment. For example, about 25 million
hectares of peat land in Southeast Asia is important for livelihood support, economic growth and ecosystem health. They play key roles in the hydrological system
and are significant for agriculture purpose. But, uncontrolled drainage as well as
overall poor management practices have made them susceptible to fire with impacts
on food security as well as the health of humans and ecosystem.
Numerous initiatives at regional level aim to promote prudent use of peat land
and to prevent fires, thereby, accelerating the restoration of these ecosystems. Some
of the initiatives include the ASEAN peat land Management Strategy 2006–2020,
the ASEAN peat land Management Initiative, and the ASEAN programme on
Sustainable Management of Peat land Ecosystems 2014–2020.
The government of Indonesia formed the National Peat land Restoration Agency
in 2016 to focus on improving the management of peat lands to restore about two
million hectares of degraded peat land within 5 years.
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3. Promote gender equality and empower women
4. Reduce child mortality
5. Improve maternal health
6. Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
7. Ensure environmental sustainability
8. Develop a global partnership for development
All the MDGs influence health, and vice versa.
Following the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit in 2015, the
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted till the year 2030 (UN 2019).
The SDGs are as follows:
1. No poverty
2. Zero hunger
3. Good health and well-being
4. Quality education
5. Gender equality
6. Clean water and sanitation
7. Affordable and clean energy
8. Decent work and economic growth
9. Industry, innovation, and infrastructure
10. Reducing inequality
11. Sustainable cities and communities
12. Responsible consumption and production
13. Climate action
14. Life below water
15. Life on land
16. Peace, justice and Strong institutions
17. Partnerships for the goals
Environment and health are closely related. The human health cannot be
improved or assured without a healthy environment. For example, about 25 million
hectares of peat land in Southeast Asia is important for livelihood support, economic growth and ecosystem health. They play key roles in the hydrological system
and are significant for agriculture purpose. But, uncontrolled drainage as well as
overall poor management practices have made them susceptible to fire with impacts
on food security as well as the health of humans and ecosystem.
Numerous initiatives at regional level aim to promote prudent use of peat land
and to prevent fires, thereby, accelerating the restoration of these ecosystems. Some
of the initiatives include the ASEAN peat land Management Strategy 2006–2020,
the ASEAN peat land Management Initiative, and the ASEAN programme on
Sustainable Management of Peat land Ecosystems 2014–2020.
The government of Indonesia formed the National Peat land Restoration Agency
in 2016 to focus on improving the management of peat lands to restore about two
million hectares of degraded peat land within 5 years.
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