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The provincial government and private sectors are doing all they can to battle the perils that climate change may bring.

Congressman Angelo Palmones of Agham party-list has quoted the study of Southeast Asia Greenpeace that Bohol is one of the provinces that will be adversely affected by seawater rise to as high as one meter as a result of the climate change.

Palmones, the guest of honor during oath-taking ceremonies of newly-installed officer of the Bohol Tri-media Association held last week at Bohol Tropics Resort, said that along with Bohol in vulnerability to climate change are DAvao, Camarines Sur, Cebu, Zamoboanga Sibugay, Zamboanga del Sur, Northern Samar, Basilan, Sulu and Palawan.

In his first state of the province address before the session of the provincial board last Friday, Gov. Edgar Chatto recognizes the urgency of addressing the effects in climate change.

“We in Bohol are doing our part. We have organized the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (PDRRMC), whose responsibilities go far beyond the old concept of disaster readiness.”

He also urged the municipal mayors for activation of the same body in their respective turfs following the rash of flooding of some towns a week ago that caused two deaths in Danao town following the continuous heavy downpour.

Along this line, Chatto, who stressed his administration puts premium on participatory and shared leadership, took the initiative of launching last year the First Bohol Climate Change Summit, and hopefully this year, he’ll unveil another Bohol Environment Summit.

He also concreted his pronouncements by giving the go-signal for the no-nonsense review and amendments to the 1998 Bohol Environment Code, the first of its kind that become the model in the country.

Several participant-sectors, particularly the non-government organizations who are actively tackling various concerns, such as biodiversity, forestry, coastal resource, pollution, wastes, infrastructure and others in reviewing the BEC, had been holding meetings and discussions on these to complete the overhaul of the BEC. After the review, the BEC, as amended, shall be forwarded to the provincial board by the governor for approval and becomes a provincial ordinance or the bible on environment.

The governor also issued Executive Order No. 30, series of 2010 on Dec. 30, 2010, creating the Bohol Bio-diversity Complex in BIlar town that will house the Bohol Climate Change Center.

Earlier, then Gov. Erico Aumentado issued an Executive Order 02, series of 2010, creating the technical working group for Climate Change summit and defining its functions and its composition. “There is a need to have a strategy to sustain and preserve the resources and to cushion the negative effects brought about by the said climate change on environment and resources,” said Aumentado.

The group of well-meaning prime movers of the Bohol Initiative for Sustainable Agrciulture and Development or BISAD led by Ms. Zen Darunday, Paul Borja, Eulale Albuladora and Salvio Makinano pointed out that there’s no way to combat climate change but to go green and organic farming during the Kapihan sa PIA last Thursday.

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