DENR to reactivate climate change task force for Zamboanga Peninsula

PAGADIAN CITY, May 29 (PNA) -- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is set to reactivate the Regional Task Force on Climate Change for the Zamboanga Peninsula.

This was announced by DENR Regional Executive Director (RED) Arleigh Adorable citing the need to reactivate the task force as some of its members coming from the different government agencies have already retired from the government service.

Adorable said the reactivation is also in preparation for the launching of information and education campaign (IEC) on climate change scheduled to be held in June 10 this year.

Adorable said the Technical Working Group (TWG) and the Regional Secretariat will meet next week to discuss about the reactivation of the Regional Task Force on Climate Change.

Adorable, being the DENR RED, chairs the climate change task force with members coming from the different government agencies.

On Wednesday, 30 information officers coming from the different Community Environment and Natural Resources Offices (CENROs) and Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Officers (PENROs) as well as the Information Center Managers of the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) from the region have attended an orientation on climate change advocacy in this city.

DENR Regional Public Affairs Officer Rosevirico Tan said the orientation was a collaborative effort of the agency and that of the PIA.

Tan discussed during the orientation about the Climate Change Advocacy (Perspective Change) while Protected Areas and Wildlife Division (PAWD) chief Cidur Julsadjiri and PIA Regional Director Noemi Edaga presented the Regional Communication Plan and Regional IEC Plan on Climate Change, respectively.

A one-hour documentary entitled “Chasing Ice” was shown during the orientation to provide the participants a glimpse on the impact of global warming. (PNA)
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