By the second week of January, I and a few friends who are supporting my Green Philippines Advocacy, will travel to Cebu, Bohol and other areas devastated by Typhoon Odette bringing with us truckloads of Giant Bamboo planting materials and fruit tree seedlings.
This advocacy will not provide immediate relief to those whose lives were affected and properties damaged by the floods but this would certainly prepare them for the biggest challenge that we all face – Climate Change and Food Security.
Ang problema natin ay hindi kung paano magdala ng pagkain and conduct relief operations in the affected areas because these are temporary.
What should be given deeper focus is why these floods had been more frequent and devastating than before.
The strong winds and heavy rains of Typhoon Odette indeed inflicted a lot of damage but the most serious blow came from the floods which caused the loss of lives and properties.
Looking at the murky and brown flood waters which inundated the town of Loboc, Bohol and Cagayan de Oro City, I could only conclude that there is not much vegetation or growing trees in the upstream of the rivers which flow down to these areas.
Murky and brown floodwaters carry tons and tons of eroded top soil.
The floods came rushing down from the elevated areas with such devastating force because there are no vegetation or trees to impede the momentum.
If this is not addressed today, lives and food security of the next generation would be threatened.
There is no force or formula known to humanity to stop natural calamities like typhoons and cyclones, in spite of the advances in science.
Hindi mapigilan ang bagyo pero puedeng maibsan ang pagbaha.
The Giant Bamboo planting materials and fruit tree seedlings would contribute to the mitigation of flooding in 3 to 5 years and ensure food security.
Let us plant bamboos, trees and fruit trees in the upstreams of the oft-flooded river basins.
There is no immediate relief but this is the only way to face up to the challenge of Climate Change and Food Security.
#farmersappliedpracticalscience!
#KungGustoMaramingParaan!
#GovernanceIsCommonSense!
(Photos of the Loboc, Bohol floods and others attached to this post were downloaded from public websites.)
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