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Strengthen Rural Livelihood to Mitigate Impacts of Climate Change-Legarda
October 23, 2011
Senator Loren Legarda today said that the government must advance rural livelihood not only as a way to alleviate poverty but also to mitigate the impacts of climate change.
The Chair of the Senate Committee on Climate Change explained that urban migration has worsened citizens' exposure to climate change, noting that a study by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) showed that more than 30 million people in Asia and the Pacific were displaced by disasters such as floods and storms in 2010.
The ADB study showed that the rise in migration, particularly rural to urban migration, affects exposure to climate change.
Legarda pointed out that strengthening rural livelihood will encourage people to stay in the countryside instead of migrating to urban areas, such as Metro Manila, which are mostly congested.
"We have to provide assistance to our farmers and fisherfolk, especially now that changes in the climate have significantly constrained their harvest and fish catch. Alternative sources of income should also be introduced in the provinces," she stressed.
She said that the implementation of several laws on livelihood is essential in this initiative.
"We have the Barangay Kabuhayan Act which establishes livelihood and skills training centers in the fourth, fifth and sixth class municipalities to open employment opportunities. We can implement this along with the Magna Carta for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Act which strengthens the small and medium enterprises," the Senator explained.
"We must invest heavily in the countryside by improving urban-rural infrastructure linkages,stimulating growth of MSMEs that will provide more employment opportunities, and extending to our farmers and fisherfolk adequate technical and financial support. At the same time, we have to start equipping them with skills in adapting to climate change. Strengthening rural livelihood that is disaster-resilient will result both in poverty alleviation and disaster risk reduction in rural and urban areas in the country," Legarda concluded.
Kabuhayan sa Kanayunan Palakasin Bilang Pangontra sa Climate Change - Legarda
October 23, 2011
Hiniling ngayon ni Senador Loren Legarda sa pamahalaan na paigtingin ang pagbibigay ng kabuhayan sa mga tao sa kanayunan bilang pangontra sa climate change.
Ayon kay Legarda, pinuno ng Senate Committee on Climate Change, ang pagluwas ng mga tao mula kanayunan papuntang siyudad ay nagpalala sa panganib na dala ng climate change.
Ibinigay na halimbawa ni Legarda ang isang pag-aaral ng Asian Development Bank kung saan nakitang mahigit sa 30 milyong tao sa Asia at Pacific ang nawalan ng tirahan dahil sa mga sakunang gaya ng baha at bagyo sa taong 2010.
Ayon sa pag-aaral ng ADB, hanggat mas maraming taong luluwas sa siyudad, mananatiling mataas ang bilang ng mga posibleng mabiktima ng climate change.
Kung may kabuhayan sa kanayunan, ani Legarda, hindi sila sisiksik sa Metro Manila kung saan masikip at lantad sa panganib.
"Dapat ding bigyan natin ng ayuda ang mga magsasaka at mangingisda na apektado ng mga bagyo at baha. Nakita naman natin kung paano nabubulabog ang kanilang mga huli at nasira ang mga ani dahil sa sunud-sunod na bagyo. Dapat tuwing may sakuna, may binibigay tayong alternatibong pagkakakitaan para sa kanila," ani Legarda.
May mga batas nakailangang siguruhing maipatutupad para matulungan sila, ayon sa senador.
"Nandiyan ang Barangay Kabuhayan Act na nagtatatag ng livelihood at skills training centers sa fourth, fifth at sixth class municipalities. Puwede natin itong ipatupad kasabay ng Magna Carta for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Act," ani Legarda.
"Dapat nating palakasin ang kanayunan sa pamamagitan ng pagsasaayos ng urban-rural infrastructure linkages, pagpapalago sa MSMEs na lilikha ng trabaho, at pagbibigay ng financial at technical support sa mga magsasaka at mangingisda. Pinakamahalaga ay ang pagbibigay-kaalaman sa kanila para maging disaster-resilient sila. Kung alam nila ang gagawin pag may sakuna, malaking bagay iyon para sa kanila."
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