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'While the publication is geared towards solutions by the year 2022, our efforts need to be guided and focused, so that we can have effective policies, laws and action plans that will serve our people well even until 2050,' said Ramon Paje, secretary of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources...
The Oxfam-AusAID 'Safer Communities Project' has selected 11 villages in North-eastern Mindanao, based on hazard maps, to be pilot communities as part of a disaster risk management project...
The Manila Bulletin reports on activities that will be undertaken by both the government and the private sector to enhance climate change preparedness in the areas at risk to ensure the safety of lives during times of natural hazards...
A report on outgoing President Arroyo having signed into law the 'Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act of 2010', which provides for the development and implementation of actions and measures related to disaster risk reduction: good governance, risk assessment, early warning, capacity building, awareness raising, and preparedness...
Sen. Loren Legarda Thursday called on the Department of Agriculture (DA) to report on the progress of its climate change adaptation campaign and disaster-risk reduction measures in preparation for the rainy season...
An agreement to conduct a detailed geo-hazard mapping of three key cities in the Bicol Region to reduce the risk of disasters in these areas was signed earlier this week by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources and the Department of Social Welfare and Development...
According to the Manila Bulletin, the Department of Education has developed learning modules for mainstreaming disaster risk reduction into school curricula to help prepare schools for disaster. The materials will be available for teachers and students in June this year...
The Manila Bulletin reports that the Office of Civil Defence, in Caraga, has identified many landslide and flood-prone areas, all over the region, as part of its disaster risk reduction planning and management programme...
Voluntary Commitments
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The Sendai Framework Voluntary Commitments (SFVC) online platform allows stakeholders to inform the public about their work on DRR. The SFVC online platform is a useful toolto know who is doing what and where for the implementation of the Sendai Framework, which could foster potential collaboration among stakeholders. All stakeholders (private sector, civil society organizations, academia, media, local governments, etc.) working on DRR can submit their commitments and report on their progress and deliverables.