Reducing risks by implementing small scale mitigation and strengthening livelihood
The session will discuss how communities in Tadian and Talacogon are using their capacities in implementing small-scale mitigation and livelihood actions as part of the measures to reduce disaster risks and address the challenges of climate change. Presenters from CARE’s partners, AADC and CORDIS will share the processes that these communities went through, including the challenges and lessons learnt along the way.
Reducing risks by implementing small scale mitigation and strengthening livelihood
Presenters:
Michael Sabacajan, MDRRMO of Talacogon, Agusan del Suyr
Barangay Chairman Robin Pil-ingen of Kayan West, Tadian
Like many vulnerable communities in the country, the upstream villages in Tadian, Mountain Province and river barangays in Talacogon, Agusan Del Sur are struggling to address the threats posed by natural hazards and adverse impacts of changing climate, in the context of degraded ecosystems. Both are agricultural communities exposed to various hazards – drought, landslide, and typhoon in Tadian in the Cordilleras, and long-standing floods and typhoon in Talacogon in Agusan. As these communities rely mostly in farming, the negative economic and environmental impacts of disasters threaten food security, and can result to compounding vulnerabilities that will push communities to more risks to disasters.
The session will discuss how communities in Tadian and Talacogon are using their capacities in implementing small-scale mitigation and livelihood actions as part of the measures to reduce disaster risks and address the challenges of climate change. Presenters from CARE’s partners, AADC and CORDIS will share the processes that these communities went through, including the challenges and lessons learnt along the way.
