SDG 14: Life Below Water
Justice for Dr. Kent Carpenter: End the Culture of Impunity
July 13, 2026The Council for People’s Development and Governance (CPDG) denounces the killing of Dr. Kent Carpenter last June 12 at his residence in Sibulan, Negros Oriental. Dr. Carpenter is an internationally renowned American marine biologist and a research associate at Siliman University (SU) in Dumaguete City; he made the Philippines his home, dedicating decades to studying […]
Fast Facts: On the Situation of Urban Poor Women & Women Fisherfolk
March 27, 2026Women in the urban poor and fishing sectors most adversely affected by the government’s neo-liberal development policies and programs that prioritize corporate interests in large infrastructure projects over human rights and environmental integrity. From the high cost of privatized housing to the “double labor” of women fisherfolk, whose essential economic contribution remain unvalued by the […]
Safeguard Small-Scale Fishers, Restore Our Seas
November 21, 2025As the world marks World Fisheries Day, the Council for People’s Development and Governance (CPDG) amplifies the urgent calls of coastal communities and fisherfolk organizations confronting the intensified threats to their survival. Small-scale fisherfolk—already among the country’s poorest sector—continue to face severe livelihood losses due to large commercial vessels intruding into municipal waters, destructive reclamation […]
SDG 14 or Life Below Water
November 11, 2025The Philippines’ human rights crisis is deepening. Halfway through its 4th Universal Periodic Review (UPR) commitments on human rights, poverty and hunger continue to rise. As of September 2025, 22% more Filipinos experience hunger, and half consider themselves poor. Millions remain jobless or work in precarious conditions, while 4.4 million youth and 9.3 million children […]
People’s Review of SDG 14: Pagrepaso ng Mangingisda at Mamamayan sa SDG 14 sa ilalim ng Pandemya at Krisis Pang-Ekonomiya
November 30, 2021PART I Partikular sa sektor ng maralitang mangingisda, may ugnay ang SDG 14 o “Life Below Water” o ang “Conservation and sustainable use of oceans, seas and marine resources” o Pag-iingat at sustenableng paggamit ng mga Karagatan at Yamang-dagat. Sa pakikipagtulungan ng mga advocate groups, inorganisa ang mga serye ng aktibidad na may temang: Rebyung […]
