SDG 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth
SDG Goals EcoSwell is pursuing
8.2 Achieve higher levels of economic productivity through diversification, technological upgrading, and innovation.
8.9 By 2030, devise and implement policies to promote sustainable tourism that creates jobs and promotes local culture and products.
SDG Indicator of success that EcoSwell is contributing to
8.2.1 Annual growth rate of real GDP per employed person
8.9.2 Proportion of jobs in sustainable tourism industries out of total tourism jobs
EcoSwell Objectives
Improve productivity and reduce the material footprint of artisanal fishermen by providing reliable information that saves time, money, and consumable resources such as petroleum.
Create jobs in the sustainable tourism industry. Some of these jobs change the economy oftraditional loggers, turning them into tourism operators for bird watching trails.
