Aligning to the UN Sustainable Development Goals: Assessing Contributions of UBC Botanical Garden
Aligning to the UN Sustainable Development Goals: Assessing Contributions of UBC Botanical Garden
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与联合国可持续发展目标保持一致：评估 UBC 植物园的贡献
DOI：
10.3390/su14106275
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发表时间：
2022
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影响因子：
3.9
通讯作者：
T. Moreau
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作者：
A. López;Dionne Bunsha;Delanie Austin;Laura Caddy;Jennifer Douglas;Andy Hill;Kevin Kubeck;Patrick Lewis;Ben Stormes;Ryo Sugiyama;T. Moreau
《联合国2030年可持续发展议程》为人类和地球的福祉提出了17项目标。这项研究的目的是了解如何不列颠哥伦比亚省植物园（UBCBG）的大学有助于联合国可持续发展目标（UN-SDG），并确定未来行动的机会。为了解决这个问题，我们跨部门合作，根据联合国可持续发展目标17个目标和169个具体目标评估我们的计划和活动。联合国可持续发展目标指标仅用于确定可考虑用于未来跟踪的潜在指标。UBCBG的主要活动包括迁地植物保护，可持续发展教育和社区参与。我们的研究结果发现，UBCBG有助于17个目标中的12个和169个目标中的24个。与UBCBG活动相一致的两个联合国可持续发展目标是目标15-陆地上的生命和目标12-负责任的消费和生产。通过与其他植物园、研究机构和地区政府的伙伴关系，该园在全球、国家和地区层面扩大了其工作。我们正在重新想象植物园在一个平等、非殖民化、生物多样性危机和气候紧急情况的时代中的作用。由于联合国可持续发展目标涉及自然和人，它们是指导我们工作的适当框架。
The United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development outlines 17 goals for the wellbeing of people and the planet. The purpose of this study was to understand how University of British Columbia Botanical Garden (UBCBG) contributes to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN-SDGs) and to identify opportunities for future action. To address this, we worked across departments to assess our programs and activities against the UN-SDG 17 goals and 169 targets. The UN-SDG indicators were only used to identify potential metrics that could be consider for future tracking. The main activities of UBCBG include ex situ plant conservation, sustainability education and community engagement. Our results found that UBCBG contributes to 12 of the 17 goals and 24 of the 169 targets. The two UN-SDGs with more targets aligned to UBCBG’s activities were Goal 15—Life on Land and Goal 12—Responsible Consumption and Production. Through its partnerships with other botanical gardens, research institutions and the regional government, the Garden amplifies its work at a global, national and regional level. We are re-imagining the role of botanical gardens in an age of equity, decolonization, the biodiversity crisis and the climate emergency. Since the UN-SDGs address both nature and people, they are an appropriate framework to guide our work.