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Environmental Sustainability in the Philippines
« on: October 02, 2007, 09:23:21 AM »
The Philippines is gaining headway in its bid to meet by 2015 the United Nations Millenium Development Goal (MDG) of ensuring environmental sustainability nationwide.

National Economic Development Authority Director Erlinda Capones reported this matter at the two-day 10th National Convention on Statistics at EDSA Shangri-La Hotel in Mandaluyong City where she said the country will likely meet such goal.

MDGs are time-bound and measurable targets which UN member-countries committed to meet so poverty, hunger, diseases, illiteracy, environmental degradation and discrimination against women can be addressed.

During the event, Capones presented data available as of September 2007 on the country’s progress in making sustainable development principles as part of its policies and programs on reversing loss of environmental resources.

The data showed proportion of the country’s urban population with access to improved sanitation already exceeded the MDG goal of 83.8 percent as this soared from 67.6 percent (1990) to 86.2 percent (2004).

Proportion of Philippine population with sustainable access also improved water source jumped from 73 percent (1990) to 80.2 percent (2004) which is about 6.3 percent below the 86.5 percent MDG target by 2015.

While that of forest-covered land nationwide rose to 23.9 percent (2003) from 20.5 percent (1990) while area protected to maintain bio-diversity increased to 12.7 percent (2006) from 8.5 percent (1990) of the Philippines’ total surface area.

Data also indicated that consumption of ozone-depleting chlorofluorocarbons dipped to 681 tons (2006) from 2,981 tons (1990) and proportion of households using solid fuels for cooking decreased to 42.1 percent (203) from 66.2 percent (1990).

Capones also identified ways to accelerate implementation of MDG-related programs and projects.

These include curbing high population growth rate, improving agricultural performance, boosting efforts to push reforms on basic education and health and ensuring transparency and accountability in government transactions.

She also said strengthening local government units’ capacity to deliver basic services and bolstering government’s links with other nations and the private sector are needed to accelerate the Philippines’ bid to meet MDG goals.

--PNA

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Re: Environmental Sustainability in the Philippines
« Reply #1 on: October 02, 2007, 09:36:13 AM »
This seems interesting because it doesn't address what I thought was the worst problem when there: The truly abysmal air pollution problem in Manila and elsewhere.

I don't see Filipinos accepting significant air pollution restrictions any time soon since they would have to accept first-world pricing for vehicles.  This is especially unfortunate due to that lamentable 100% tariff on vehicle imports.   

In view of the fact that there appear to be numerous on-water communities that use the ocean as a public sewage dump, I also wonder about those sanitation statistics.  I think it would be just about impossible to get realistic statistics from anywhere - people who can be realistically counted are likely to be those with sanitation.

I remember that around Bacolod it was thought that the ocean was where the slums were, largely because of this sewage question.  And when I went to Tagaytay and looked down to the ocean below, I saw a spectacular view but also suspiciously brown tinged water.

I have a feeling that report probably has statistics in it that do not reflect reality.  It would be interesting to see some of the details and how sanitation can be provided to people who probably could not afford it out of their meagre budgets.

It's one thing to force people in Malibu, California with million dollar homes to install $20,000 septic systems or $10,000 sewer hookups - it's another thing to impose high costs on people who make under US$100 a month.  I don't know if it can be done.

On a positive note, my American host for the first third of my Philippines trip groused about how lousy safety standards are, and how people drove cars like there was no tomorrow, and how they used tyres until the last milimetre of tread was gone and beyond ... but wierdly there seemed to be fewer catastrophic accidents than I see in the USA.  I suspect a lot of this is because the sluglike speeds of Philippine traffic tend to make accidents happen at much lower speeds, but I also wonder if our high safety standards here are overrated ...

(I hope those of you who read my posts have noticed by now that my perspective is that some things about the Philippines are great and others are appalling.  I enjoy the Philippines because I love the Filipino/a personality.  But one cannot be blind to shortcomings either, and I hope you don't mind I address them occasionally despite being an outsider.  I want to provoke discussion and thoughtfulness.)

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Re: Environmental Sustainability in the Philippines
« Reply #2 on: October 02, 2007, 09:43:15 AM »
That's okay Dave.

I would say the same thing...

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