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| Alyansa Agrikultura Chairperson Ernesto Ordoñez, PCAF Climate Change Committee Chairperson Atty. Monsod and Alicia Ilaga of DASW-CCO (inset) lead the meeting on post-‘Yolanda’ efforts. |
Private sector groups strongly reiterated the need to integrate climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies in the government’s recovery and rehabilitation plan for Visayan communities destroyed by super typhoon Yolanda.
This was during the special meeting of the Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF) Committee on Climate Change (CCC) last December 4, 2013 at the PCAF Apacible Conference Room.
The meeting was held primarily to generate inputs and recommendations from private and government sector partners on the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) rehabilitation and reconstruction plan for Yolanda-hit farming and fishing areas in Visayas.
Field Operations Service Dir. Renato Manantan, who is also the assigned national coordinator for the Yolanda rehabilitation efforts under the Office of DA Undersecretary for Field Operations Dante Delima, presented to the committee the said DA recovery and rehabilitation plan.
DA Systems-Wide Climate Change Office (DASW-CCO) Technical Adviser Dr. Esteban Godilano also presented climate change mapping and recommendations for rehabilitating typhoon-hit agri-fishery localities.
The DASW-CCO recommendations include the creation of crop sustainability maps, making use of agricultural ecosystems and watershed as the planning domain, construction of storm surge dikes, fisherfolk settlement and, most importantly, the integration of other climate change hazards in the reconstruction.
Climate Change Committee Chairperson Atty. Christian Monsod stated that the maps Dr. Godilano presented will enable the government to have a fuller estimate of the damages brought by the super typhoon, help identify coastal areas vulnerable to storm surge, aid in the rehabilitation, relocation and housing plans for typhoon survivors, and show other possible hazards that these communities may face.
This was during the special meeting of the Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF) Committee on Climate Change (CCC) last December 4, 2013 at the PCAF Apacible Conference Room.
The meeting was held primarily to generate inputs and recommendations from private and government sector partners on the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) rehabilitation and reconstruction plan for Yolanda-hit farming and fishing areas in Visayas.
Field Operations Service Dir. Renato Manantan, who is also the assigned national coordinator for the Yolanda rehabilitation efforts under the Office of DA Undersecretary for Field Operations Dante Delima, presented to the committee the said DA recovery and rehabilitation plan.
DA Systems-Wide Climate Change Office (DASW-CCO) Technical Adviser Dr. Esteban Godilano also presented climate change mapping and recommendations for rehabilitating typhoon-hit agri-fishery localities.
The DASW-CCO recommendations include the creation of crop sustainability maps, making use of agricultural ecosystems and watershed as the planning domain, construction of storm surge dikes, fisherfolk settlement and, most importantly, the integration of other climate change hazards in the reconstruction.
Climate Change Committee Chairperson Atty. Christian Monsod stated that the maps Dr. Godilano presented will enable the government to have a fuller estimate of the damages brought by the super typhoon, help identify coastal areas vulnerable to storm surge, aid in the rehabilitation, relocation and housing plans for typhoon survivors, and show other possible hazards that these communities may face.
See also: http://nafc.da.gov.ph/NAFCNEWs/2013/yolanda.html
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