MANILA, Philippines— Very soon, with the click of a mouse, you may access the government’s geohazard maps and tell if it’s time to move out because you live within a danger zone. Environmental Science ...
SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union (PIA) — The Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) is urging communities to utilize geohazard maps for disaster preparedness. These maps are essential tools for assessing the ...
MANILA, PHILIPPINES — Environment Secretary Maria Antonia Yulo Loyzaga calls on local government units to use the DENR-MGB’s geohazard map to reduce disaster risk. Loyzaga emphasized the importance of ...
MANILA, Philippines — Former environment secretary Lito Atienza has urged concerned agencies and local government units to use geohazard maps prepared by the Department of Environment and Natural ...
Senator Loren Legarda on Tuesday called on the Department of Environment and Natural Resources to ensure that local officials have copies of geohazard maps and that they fully understand them to ...
"We have long been conducting geohazard mapping, but we welcome this new landslide risk assessment system. It will help hasten the updating of the country’s geohazard maps to identify other ...
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) on Thursday reminded local government units (LGUs) to use the geohazard maps it provided last year as a guide during preemptive evacuations ...
BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya (PIA) – Department of the Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Region 2 appealed to Local Government Units in the Cagayan Valley Region to use geohazard maps that they ...
MANILA, Philippines—Senator Grace Poe called on local government units (LGUs) to maximize the use of the government’s geohazard maps which could identify “danger zones” in the country to help lessen ...
MANILA, Philippines — Citing recent tragedies such as landslides that struck Mimaropa, the Bicol region and Eastern Visayas due to Tropical Depression Usman, the Department of Environment and Natural ...
MANILA, Philippines–The recent tragedy caused by Typhoon “Pablo” in Mindanao shows the need to make geohazard maps more accessible and more understandable to Filipinos, Sen. Loren Legarda said Friday.