LGUs urged to craft disaster reduction strategies to lessen economic losses

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THE Department of Environment and Natural Resources has urged local government units to come up with disaster reduction strategies to prevent significant economic loss in times of calamities.In a media forum on Saturday, October 19, 2024, DENR Assistant Secretary Rochelle Gamboa said yearly data on the economic losses showed the huge economic cost of disasters.“Ang napakataas po like noong recent po na bagyo. Ang losses po doon sa agrikultura lamang ay umabot ng P6 billion,” she said.

Gamboa cited as example the technology from the Philippine Space Agency used by the DENR to monitor and map out possible hazards, with the resulting data turned over to the LGUs.She said local officials should adopt a more persuasive approach to convince residents to evacuate from risk areas during calamities.

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