Philippines: Reducing geohazard risks in Albay

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and the provincial government of Albay have forged an agreement to reduce and manage geohazard risks in calamity-prone areas in the province. The memorandum of agreement (MoA) considers the assessment of landslide and flood hazard risks of 18 municipalities in Albay under a project, titled 'GIS-based Landslide and Vulnerability Assessment of the Province of Albay,' which includes the densification of the province’s geohazard map on a scale of 1:10,000 by the DENR’s Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB).