Fisherfolk Cooperative Development
Fisherfolk Cooperative Development
Created On:
30 May 2025
Description:
On April 19, 2023, the United States government, in partnership with NGO Impl. Project Philippines and the Municipal Government of Aparri, launched a fisherfolk cooperative. The initiative provides over two dozen fisherfolk with low-interest loans, training, and equipment to improve their fishing activities, enhance safety, and promote sustainable economic development.
SDG Targets:
- 8.1: Sustain per capita economic growth in accordance with national circumstances and, in particular, at least 7 per cent gross domestic product growth per annum in the least developed countries
- 8.3: Promote development-oriented policies that support productive activities, decent job creation, entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation, and encourage the formalization and growth of micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises, including through access to financial services
- 8.4: Improve progressively, through 2030, global resource efficiency in consumption and production and endeavour to decouple economic growth from environmental degradation, in accordance with the 10-Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production, with developed countries taking the lead
- 13.1: Strengthen resilience and adaptive capacity to climate-related hazards and natural disasters in all countries
- 14.7: By 2030, increase the economic benefits to small island developing States and least developed countries from the sustainable use of marine resources, including through sustainable management of fisheries, aquaculture and tourism
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