IDIS conducted its 2nd Series of #GREENQUARANTINE Webinar entitled Sustainability amidst Climate Change and the Pandemic. The webinar featured the plans and best practices of Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Offices (DRRMO) of Davao City, Tagum City, and Koronadal City. These plans were shared and discussed by the invited speakers from aforementioned offices.
Mr. Lyndon Ancajas, Administrative and Training Officer of DRRMO Davao City, shared that they have updated their plans for the years 2020-2025 and it has been approved and adopted by the City Government. Ancajas also presented the Local Climate Change Action Plan of the City. He also shared their best practices preparedness programs such as mangrove tree planting on the coastal areas of Davao City, regular conduct of drills and exercises to different offices, establishments, and universities of the city, trainings for community responders, and the installation of remote city wide sirens. One of the highlights of DRRMO’s practices is the launching of Davao City Disaster Radio 87.5 which is funded by the LGU. This radio station serves as an avenue to public service announcements of the local government especially in the midst of this pandemic.
Mr. Giovanni L. Rellon, Head of Office of CDRRMO Tagum City, shared their disaster management programs and practices in Tagum City. He shared that they do benchmarking to different cities and apply it to theirs. They also shifted their plans to reach the grass roots communities that are vulnerable to various disasters. They conducted trainings to the communities for them to fully understand what to do during a disaster. They also included other sectors of the community and build partnerships to help them in disaster reduction and management.
Ms. Eva Jean Mondana, LDRRMO Officer I of Koronadal City presented their programs and activities such as the Search for Best Prepared Barangay subjected to evaluation using the Gawad Kalasag tool based on the four thematic areas of NDRRMP – prevention and mitigation, preparedness, response, and rehabilitation and recovery. The implementation of their program is coupled with the capacity building or empowerment interventions by its CDRRMC. They facilitated disaster management training to the twenty-seven barangays of Koronadal City to raise awareness and encourage people to be more active on the participation of DRRMO activities.. They also have partnership to different establishments of the city such as hospitals, malls, transportation companies, and other private sectors for resource mobilization. Presently, the City Government of Koronadal launched its KORONA-911 which serves as an emergency communication and information dissemination and response coordination facility that operates non-stop in response to COVID-19 pandemic. Best porn site https://noodlemagazine.com – Watch porn.
Moreover, the Environment Research Specialist of IDIS EnP Lemuel Lloyd Manalo discussed their compilation of studies regarding enhancing disaster mitigation and resiliency through sustainable urban designs. He presented to the participants three IDIS research studies – Rainwater Harvesting Assessment, Case Studies on Permeable Pavement & Sustainable Drainage System, and Urban Green Zones Geo-spatial Assessment, Proposed Plans & Designs. These studies can give ideas to the partners in South Central Mindanao on how to incorporate sustainability in planning disaster risk reduction and management.
Mr. Ludwig O. Federigan, Head of Information and Knowledge Management Division of Office of the Climate Change Commission, also challenged the participants to act against climate change and for climate justice. He emphasized that we need to put forward stronger adaptation and mitigation measures to ensure that all Filipinos will survive and thrive in this challenging times. Mr. John Arnel Villacorte, DRRM Coordinator of DepEd XI also gave his solidarity message which highlighted the role of the academic institutions in building disaster resilient communities. Sir Arnold Vandenbroeck, IDIS Board of Trustee, ended the webinar reminding everybody to take more care of the environment to mitigate future disasters and pandemic like this.
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