SDG 12: Responsible Consumption and Production
Published 01 August, 2023
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015, provides a shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and into the future. At its heart are the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which are an urgent call for action by all countries - developed and developing - in a global partnership.

On the 12th of the 17 SDGs: Responsible Consumption and Production — Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns, a collection of articles from Regional Sustainability follows:
2024
- Agricultural intensity for sustainable regional development: A case study in peri-urban areas of Karawang Regency, Indonesia
- Spatio-temporal variation and relationship between agricultural efficiency and irrigation intensity in a semi-arid region of India
- Assessing the role of forest resources in improving rural livelihoods in West Bengal of India
- Economic significance and environmental impacts of the Song Dam Drinking Water Project (SDDWP) in Garhwal Himalaya
- Encouraging circular economy and sustainable environmental practices by addressing waste management and biomass energy production
- Residents’ attitudes and behaviours on private green spaces in the suburban areas of Central European countries
- Understanding factors affecting non-participants’ interest in community-supported agriculture
- Efficiency and sustainability of the tourism industry in Latin America
- A system-integrated approach for the design of tourist areas at the local level under changing conditions: A case study in the Altay Mountains
- Preserving environmental quality of ecotourism sites through community participation in Purulia District of West Bengal, India
2023
- Impact of forest governance and enforcement on deforestation and forest degradation at the district level: A study in West Bengal State, India
- A tale of duality: Community perceptions towards the ecotourism impacts on Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia
- Production of Railwayscape in urban environment: Analysing railway heritage tourism potential in Siliguri City, India
2022
- Regional landscape transformation and sustainability of the rural homegarden agroforestry system in the Chengdu Plain, China
- Optimal decision-making considering inter-supply-chain competition and negative-spillover from environmental effort
- Use of the knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) model to examine sustainable agriculture in Thailand
- A bibliometric analysis of ecotourism: A safeguard strategy in protected areas
- Impact of climate change on agricultural production: A case of Rasuwa District, Nepal
2021
- Sustainable use of wildlife resources in Central Asia
- Exploring the nexus between Indian forestry and the Sustainable Development Goals
- Motivations, enablers and barriers to the adoption of climate-smart agricultural practices by smallholder farmers: Evidence from the transitional and savannah agroecological zones of Ghana
- Contribution of non-timber forest products to the livelihoods of the forest-dependent communities around the Khadimnagar National Park in northeastern Bangladesh
- From theme park to cultural tourism town: Disneyization turning of tourism space in China
- Export competitiveness of agricultural products and agricultural sustainability in China
2020