TACLOBAN
CITY, Nov. 15 -- The 2017-2022 Eastern Visayas
Regional Development Plan (RDP) has included one chapter for Disaster Risk
Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation (DRR-CCAM), making it
distinctive than plans of other regions in the country.
National
Economic Development Authority (NEDA) Regional Director Bonifacio Uy on
Wednesday said DRR-CCAM is important to support the attainment of the region’s
twin goals of robust and sustained economic growth and reduced poverty and
inequality in all dimensions.
“Given
the region’s vulnerability to disasters due to its geographic location facing
the Pacific Ocean in the eastern portion and within the Pacific Ring of Fire,
we saw the need to highlight this aspect by taking the initiative of providing
a separate chapter for DRR-CCAM,” Uy said.
Eastern
Visayas is the only region in the country with separate chapter for disaster
and climate change in the new RDP, stressed Uy.
The
official believes that impacts of natural hazards have worsened poverty
situation in the region as they destroy the people’s source of livelihood.
“Since
natural disasters are expected to be aggravated by the effects of climate
change, the strategies for the medium-term will be geared towards enhancing
implementation of actions related to disaster prevention and mitigation,
preparedness, response, and rehabilitation and recovery,” Uy said.
“These
strategies should be highlighted after lessons on the importance of disaster
risk reduction and climate change adaptation and mitigation (DRR-CCAM) have
been learned after super typhoon Yolanda and other past disasters,” he added.
The plan
has presented 12 lessons learned from the super typhoon Yolanda that ravaged
many areas in the region in 2013. These are vulnerability risk assessment and
multi-hazard mapping, DRR-CCAM mainstreamed in various local policies and
programs, environmental management, infrastructure system, risk financing and
insurance.
Other
post-"Yolanda" lessons learned are end-to-end early warning systems,
local DRRM councils and offices, partnership and coordination among key players
and stakeholders, disaster response operations, assessment and reporting of
needs and damages, DRR and CCAM elements mainstreamed into human settlements,
and comprehensive land use planning and zoning
The
EV-RDP has twin regional goals of robust and sustained economic growth and
reduced poverty
and inequality in all dimensions by prioritizing on three
sectors -agriculture and fishery, manufacturing, and tourism - as regional economic
drivers.
The
regional plan is considered as a partner of the Philippines Development Plan
for 2017 to 2022 under the term of President Rodrigo Duterte geared towards
achievement of “Ambisyon Natin 2040”.
“Eastern Visayas will follow a development trajectory that will ultimately lead to the country and region long-term vision. The region will also contribute to the vision of national societal goal of laying the foundation of inclusive growth, a high thrust society and a globally competitive economy by the year 2022,” Uy said.
“Eastern Visayas will follow a development trajectory that will ultimately lead to the country and region long-term vision. The region will also contribute to the vision of national societal goal of laying the foundation of inclusive growth, a high thrust society and a globally competitive economy by the year 2022,” Uy said.
The new
RDP seeks to attain a 6.8 percent to 7 percent economic growth by 2022. (SQM/RTA/PNA)
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