Goal 15: Life on Land

Description

Goal 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

Targets

15.1 By 2020, ensure the conservation, restoration and sustainable use of terrestrial and inland freshwater ecosystems and their services, in particular forests, wetlands, mountains and drylands, in line with obligations under international agreements

15.2 By 2020, promote the implementation of sustainable management of all types of forests, halt deforestation, restore degraded forests and substantially increase afforestation and reforestation globally

15.3 By 2030, combat desertification, restore degraded land and soil, including land affected by desertification, drought and floods, and strive to achieve a land degradation-neutral world

15.4 By 2030, ensure the conservation of mountain ecosystems, including their biodiversity, in order to enhance their capacity to provide benefits that are essential for sustainable development

15.5 Take urgent and significant action to reduce the degradation of natural habitats, halt the loss of biodiversity and, by 2020, protect and prevent the extinction of threatened species

15.6 Promote fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising from the utilization of genetic resources and promote appropriate access to such resources, as internationally agreed

15.7 Take urgent action to end poaching and trafficking of protected species of flora and fauna and address both demand and supply of illegal wildlife products

15.8 By 2020, introduce measures to prevent the introduction and significantly reduce the impact of invasive alien species on land and water ecosystems and control or eradicate the priority species

15.9 By 2020, integrate ecosystem and biodiversity values into national and local planning, development processes, poverty reduction strategies and accounts

15.a Mobilize and significantly increase financial resources from all sources to conserve and sustainably use biodiversity and ecosystems

15.b Mobilize significant resources from all sources and at all levels to finance sustainable forest management and provide adequate incentives to developing countries to advance such management, including for conservation and reforestation

15.c Enhance global support for efforts to combat poaching and trafficking of protected species, including by increasing the capacity of local communities to pursue sustainable livelihood opportunities

National set of indicators for monitoring progress towards the UN Sustainable Development Goal 15

NATIONAL SET OF INDICATORS FOR MONITORING PROGRESS TOWARDS THE UN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOAL 15
Indicator ID	Indicator name	Source	Unit of measure	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
15.1.E.179	Share of forest area	Eurostat	%	34.5	34.6	34.7	34.9	34.9	35.1	35.1	35.2	35.2
15.1.U.180	Average proportion of Freshwater Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) covered by protected areas	UN Global database	%	94.9516	94.9516	94.9516	98.6317	98.6317	98.6333	98.6615	98.6615	98.6615	98.6615
15.2.U.181	Proportion of forest area with a long-term management plan	UN Global database	%	95.83	.	.	.	.	100	.	.	.		100
15.2.U.182	Proportion of forest area within legally established protected areas	UN Global database	%	18.37	.	.	.	.	15.55	.	.	.	.	15.55
15.2.E.183	Soil sealing index	Eurostat	%	1.53	x	x	1.54
15.4.U.184	Average proportion of Mountain Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) covered by protected areas	UN Global database	%	97.507	97.507	97.507	99.347	99.518	99.525	99.538	99.538	99.538	99.538	99.53835
15.5.N.185	Share of terrestrial natural habitats of conservation importance, assessed in a favourable nature conservation status, compared to all reported under Art. 17 of the Habitats Directive in the Alpine, Continental and Black Sea biogeographic regions of the country	Ministry of Environment and Water	%					12.64						26.9
15.5.N.186	Share of the species of conservation importance, assessed in a favourable conservation status, compared to all reported under Art. 17 of the Habitats Directive in the Alpine, Continental and Black Sea biogeographic regions of the country	Ministry of Environment and Water	%					38.58						46.6
15.5.N.187	Share of the breeding bird species in the country, in which are observed stable or increasing long-term population trends, compared to all reported bird species under Art. 12 of the Birds Directive domestically breeding birds	Ministry of Environment and Water	%					67						53.8
15.5.U.188	Red List Index	UN Global database	Index	0.9207^е	0.92079^е	0.92076^е	0.92072^е	0.92057^е	0.92041^е	0.92025^е	0.92012^е	0.9200^е	0.91986^е	0.91972^е
15.6.U.189	Total reported number of Standard Material Transfer Agreements (SMTAs) transferring plant genetic resources for food and agriculture to the country	UN Global database	Number	194	207	223	239	248	257	266	274	283	288	291
15.7.N.190	Registered cases of poaching and illegal traffic in wild animals and plants trade.	Ministry of Environment and Water/Ministry of Agriculture and Foods	number of detected violations/ per year	264	804	256	195	161	215	167	130	178	151	181
15.0.E.191	Natura 2000 protected areas	Eurostat	%	34.4	34.4	34.4	34.4	34.9	34.9
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Country: Bulgaria

Source: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs

Publications

Date	Name	File
5.03.2026	Gender Equality in Decision-Making 2024	10588.5 kb 357.31 kb
30.01.2019	Sustainable development of Bulgaria 2005 - 2016	2742.06 kb
28.06.2010	Sustainable Development of Bulgaria 2008	104.65 kb
20.10.2008	Sustainable Development of Bulgaria 2007	19.71 kb