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ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE TYPHOON SENDONG EXPERIENCE
Presented by Suri sa Sakuna: A Forum on the ScienceAnd Social Impacts of Recent Disasters13 January 2011
OUTLINE
TS Sendong in brief
Contributing factors
Who are culpable?
What must be done?
TS SENDONG IN BRIEF
DEADLIEST STORM OF 2011
Only 100 km/hr max wind but released 3 times of normal DEC rainfall levels
Deadliest PH storm in the past 12 years with 1,257 dead, 4,663 injured
P1.39 billion in damages to agriculture and infrastructure
NO LESSONS LEARNED
P15 billion worth of damage in agriculture and infrastructure caused by TS Pedring and Quiel just this OCT 2011
TS Ondoy inundated Metro Manila with unprecedented amounts of rainfall at 455 mm
Ormoc flashfloods killed 8,000 on NOV 5,1991, largely linked to deforestation
CONTRIBUTING FACTORS
LACK OF DISASTER PREPAREDNESS
There was no warning system on the ground (SMS system was not utilized)
P5 billion disprep budget vetoed by Aquino from 2011 budget
Only P59.739 million of P527.739 million (%0.11) for barangay disprep was released by DBM
FOREST COVER LOSS BY
EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES
CDO and Iligan are basins of Mt. Kalatungan and Upper Pulangi watershed tributaries
6 ongoing IFMAs cover 53,578 hectares, and 298 CBFMAs cover 213,770 hectares in Northern Mindanao and ARMM
Vicmar Devt Corp., and Buayan Multipurpose Coop exempted from EO 23 total log ban
SPECIAL MENTION: MINING AND DISASTERS
Not directly related to TS Sendong, but also exempted from EO 23 cover at least 1M hectares of land
At least 21 abandoned mines right now with contaminants that can spill over
Ex. cyanide and mercury spilling from TVI Resources' tailings dam into Canatuan and Siocon river in 2007
LAND-USE CONVERSION SCHEMES
2009 aerial survey and rapid assessment says 2,000 hectare Del Monte pineapple plantation in CDO increases vulnerability of downstream communities
4,000 hectare Rapalin palm oil plantation in Lanao del Sur
More land-use conversion encroaching forests around PH: 11,000 hectare bioethanol plantation in Isabela
POVERTY, A KEY FUNCTION
OF VULNERABILITY
2009 NSCB poverty incidence data shows Northern Mindanao home to poorest families
DSWD priorities: CCT dole-outs eat P59.273 billion, only P48.043 million for disaster response
$500 million conditional debt from World Bank pushes further impoverishment
LGU INEPTITUDE AND CORRUPTION
In 2006, CDO mayor Vicente Emano legalized Isla de Oro settlement despite DENR prohibition
CDRRMC of CDO was never convened despite DENR's outline of practical measures
ARMM officials permitted IFMAs and CBFMAs despite EO 23
WHO ARE CULPABLE?
BUNGLED RESPONSE OF LOCAL AND NATIONAL GOV'T
Lack in massive climate change education, SMS-based early warning system was not implemented
Aquino's veto of disprep funds and DBM's minimal release of funds for barangay disprep
No action on land-use conversion, IFMA and CBFMA contracts still active
ANTI-ENVIRONMENT LAWS
Mining Act of 1995, Fisheries Code of 1998, CARPER, Forestry Code of 1975, etc. run diametrically opposed to our NCCAP
RA 9729 or Climate Change Act of 2009, weak law for stringent climate change adaptation and mitigation
WHAT MUST BE DONE?
POLICY ADVOCACY
Ensuring greater state subsidy on scientific, community-based climate adaptation and DRR programs
Provide guaranteed access to social services, public utilities, livelihood especially to relocation sites
Replace anti-environment laws with alternative and progressive legislations like the People's Mining Bill, GARB
INTENSIFIED CAMPAIGNS
Broaden and strengthen campaign against foreign and large-scale mining plunder, legal logging
Pressure the Aquino gov't to hold US and other top GHG polluters accountable
Remove and punish erring government officials
Ensure the democratic representation of environmental agenda in PH political arena
MARAMING SALAMAT!
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