Sustainable Development Goals in Brazil in the context of the global environmental Agenda 21 (using the example of SDG 15)

¹ Federal State Budget Educational Institution of Higher Education, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Geography, Department of Physical Geography of the World and Geoecology, Moscow, Russia
² Federal State Budget Educational Institution of Higher Education, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Philosophy, Department of Philosophy of Education, Moscow, Russia
³ Federal State Budget Educational Institution of Higher Education, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Sociology, Department of Contemporary Sociology, Moscow, Russia
⁴ Federal State Educational Budgetary Institution of Higher Education “Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation”, Department of Sociology, Moscow, Russia

^* Corresponding author: grinfeldtys@my.msu.ru

Abstract

The article examines the policy of one of the Latin American countries, Brazil, in the field of achieving SDG 15 (Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss). Some aspects of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals have been identified. The research is based on a systemic approach using statistical and neural network analysis methods. The research revealed a contradiction expressed in the priorities of SDG 15 and Brazil’s institutional capabilities. For Brazil, the key problem is the deforestation, the reduction of biodiversity, and land degradation.