Goal 1. No poverty

Last changed: 03 April 2020

Here you can find some examples of SLU research areas and projects within each target under Goal 1.

 1. No poverty - End poverty in all its forms everywhere.

1.11.2, 1.4, 1.5, 1.b

 

1.1 Eradicate extreme poverty

By 2030, eradicate extreme poverty for all people everywhere, currently measured as people living on less than $1.25 a day.

  • Complexity of Sustainable Development for Tourism, Local People and Wildlife, in Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe (Michael Jones)
  • Land access and livelihood impacts related to large-scale agricultural investments in Tanzania (Linda Engström)
1.2 Reduce poverty by at least 50%

By 2030, reduce at least by half the proportion of men, women and children of all ages living in poverty in all its dimensions according to national definitions.

  • South-Africa – Food garden for poor people (Enoch Owusu-Sekyere)
  • Complexity of Sustainable Development for Tourism, Local People and Wildlife, in Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe (Michael Jones)
  • Land access and livelihood impacts related to large-scale agricultural investments in Tanzania (Linda Engström)
1.4 Equal rights to ownership, basic services, technology and economic resources

By 2030, ensure that all men and women, in particular the poor and the vulnerable, have equal rights to economic resources, as well as access to basic services, ownership and control over land and other forms of property, inheritance, natural resources, appropriate new technology and financial services, including microfinance.

1.5 Build resilience to environmental, economic and social disasters

By 2030 build the resilience of the poor and those in vulnerable situations, and reduce their exposure and vulnerability to climate-related extreme events and other economic, social and environmental shocks and disasters

  • Climate adaptation for upland minority farmers in Southeast Asia (Malin Beckman)
  • Livestock management among smallholders under climate and diseases risk (Haseeb Ahmed)
  • Implementing sustainable agricultural and livestock systems for simultaneous targeting of forest conservation for climate change mitigation (REDD+) and peace-building in Colombia (Marcos Lana)
  • Complexity of Sustainable Development for Tourism, Local People and Wildlife, in Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe (Michael Jones)
 1.b Create pro-poor and gender-sensitive policy frameworks

Create sound policy frameworks at the national, regional and international levels, based on pro-poor and gender-sensitive development strategies, to support accelerated investment in poverty eradication actions.

  • Land access and livelihood impacts related to large-scale agricultural investments in Tanzania (Linda Engström)

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