TACLOBAN CITY – Mitigation and adaptation are two of the most important lessons that every Leyteño should learn in facing calamities and disasters that occur in the province, said Board Member Carlo Loreto, the author of the province’ environment code.
BOARD MEMBER LORETO
Mitigating floods, according to Loreto, can be done by planting more trees and replacing those trees that were cut down by new one.
Aside from it, another way of mitigating floods is by not throwing plastics and other materials that will clog waterways and canals, added Loreto.
He added that biodegradable wastes must be separated to non-biodegradable wastes and people must learn on how to do recycling to lessen wastes that are dump in landfills or dumpsites.
As the province and the region is among the areas in the country that regularly experience heavy rainfall and typhoons, Loreto said that people in the province had already learned on how to adapt to the situation.
This is shown through the attitude of people in the province who, despite calamities and disasters, still manage to smile in their condition or situations.
But aside from adapting mentally, Loreto stressed that people should also learn to adapt physically.
“Rivers should be dredged and make it deeper and their banks must be cemented or concreted to avoid them from eroding during heavy rainfall,” Loreto said, adding that it might be expensive to do.
He cited as example of physical adaptation the people in Burma whose pool houses are high.
“If we do not take care of our environment, many people will perish just like on what had happened in Cagayan de Oro City, Iligan, Ormoc and Guinsaugon,” Loreto said.
Moreover, another way of mitigating calamities and disasters on the part of the Department of Science and Technology is by acquiring equipment or gadgets that can help give information or warning to the local government units.
In the region, the DOST is encouraging local government units to acquire latest designed gadgets that can help them in monitoring the amount of rainfall and water level in their area.
These weather monitoring facilities include automatic rain gauge, automatic weather system and water level sensor.
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