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Philippines
Philippines: Opinion - mitigating disaster risk
9 Mar 2010, Business Mirror
'The best way to manage disaster is preparedness' writes Senator Edgardo J. Angara on mitigating the destructive impact of disasters...
National Platform
- National Platform Focal Point:
National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC) - Website:http://www.ndcc.gov.ph/
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National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC) - Website:http://www.ndcc.gov.ph/
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Hyogo Framework for Action
- National Policy & Plans
- Philippines S. No. 2583 Climate Change Act2008, Philippines - gov
- Philippines: Disaster risk management act, 20092009, Philippines - gov
- Official Statements & Presentations
- Philippines: Statement made at the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (2009)2009, NDCC, Philippines - gov
- Philippines: Statement made at the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (2007)2007, Philippines - gov
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Human Exposure
| Hazard type | Population exposed |
Percentage of population  |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Cyclone | 16,267,090 |      |
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| Drought | 2,173,490 |  |
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| Flood | 788,572 |  |
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| Landslide | 110,704 |  |
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| Earthquake | 12,182,454 |     |
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| Tsunami | 894,848 |  |
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Source of data: 2009 Global Assessment Report |
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Top 5 Natural Disaster reported
| Disaster | Date | Affected | (no. of people) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Storm | 1990 | 6,159,569 |  |
| Storm | 2008 | 4,785,460 | |
| Storm | 1998 | 3,902,424 | |
| Storm | 2006 | 3,842,406 | |
| Storm | 1988 | 3,250,208 | |
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Source of data: OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database Data version: v11.08 *: Including tsunami Data displayed does not imply national endorsement. |
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- Community-managed disaster risk reduction12-23 Apr 2010, Indonesia (Medan)
- One festival live in Manila 201016 Apr 2010, Philippines (Manila)
- Community-managed disaster risk reduction12-23 Jul 2010, Philippines (Silang)
From ISDR System and other DRR actors
- International conference of island and coastal biosphere reserves: climate change and island and coastal ecosystems2009, Jeju, Korea, Rep of - gov; UNESCO Jakarta; UNESCO
- Rising above and beyond: Ondoy-Pepeng-Santi (O.P.S.) lessons-learned workshop, concept paper2010, NDCC, Philippines - gov
- Cities and climate change: initial lessons from UN-HABITAT2009, UN-HABITAT
- Forestry, climate change and biodiversity conservation technical advisorIndonesia (Jakarta), Winrock Intl
- Research specialistsJapan (Tsukuba), ICHARM
- Research specialistTsukuba, ICHARM
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