Three teams of experts from the University of the Philippines (UP) presented position papers seeking to guide the government and the community in reducing risks and disasters due to the rainfall unpredictability in the country in a forum held at the UP campus in Diliman, Quezon City recently.

In the discussion beamed live in all the UP campuses Wednesday afternoon, the heads of the team of experts lectured on subjects related to water-related hazards in the country, food supply vulnerability and water scarcity and institutional courses of action to reduce water-related risks and disasters.

Dr. Fernando Siringan, a marine geologist and UP marine science institute professor, said that adaptation to the variability of rainfall should focus on the watershed reforestation and critical-land use management.

He noted that small water impoundments that will complement the existing larger dams should be included into the site-specific water management to avert possible water crisis in the future due to the overreliance to current water supply sources.

In the paper on the rainfall viability in the Philippines, Siringan and his research team citing the heterogeneity Three teams of experts from the University of the Philippines (UP) presented position papers seeking to guide the government and the community in reducing risks and disasters due to the rainfall unpredictability in the country in a forum held at the UP campus in Diliman, Quezon City recently.

In the discussion beamed live in all the UP campuses Wednesday afternoon, the heads of the team of experts lectured on subjects related to water-related hazards in the country, food supply vulnerability and water scarcity and institutional courses of action to reduce water-related risks and disasters.

Dr. Fernando Siringan, a marine geologist and UP marine science institute professor, said that adaptation to the variability of rainfall should focus on the watershed reforestation and critical-land use management.

He noted that small water impoundments that will complement the existing larger dams should be included into the site-specific water management to avert possible water crisis in the future due to the overreliance to current water supply sources.

In the paper on the rainfall viability in the Philippines, Siringan and his research team citing the Institute of Civil Engineering, said that disaster risk management (DRM) requires numerous approaches and solutions to reduce disaster risk in a multi-sector.