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Climate Change and the Community


I would like to subscribe the definition of climate change as the change in the present condition influenced by the chemical reactions that occur within the Earth’s atmosphere because it is where risks and vulnerability came in as the effect of chemical reactions.  These reactions could potentially affect the sustainability of all life form and the environment. 

Here, I would like to present the current situation of Bantayan Island in the Philippines.  The island is comprised of three municipalities, one of which is the Municipality of Bantayan.  The island is gifted with unique terrestrial and marine ecosystem.  Abundant in marine resources and freshwater to drink.  All these things are being challenged by overfishing and exploitation of water resource.  Today, sustainability is the most pressing challenge in the island. 

Urban planners forecasted that by year 2030, the location of the municipal building and the central business hub will be flooded with seawater.  Another risk is the settlements of more than 60 percent of its population in the coastal zones and islets.  Urban housing was provided by the government after typhoon Haiyan in 2013.  Today, there are still people in the islets who opted to stay because they do not have other source of livelihood than fishing.  Even in the relocation sites, some of the occupants have left their units and opted to go back to the edge.  

Another challenge is the water source level to supply almost 200 thousand people in the island.  How can the government manage water without infrastructure capable of collecting and holding volume of water that could replenish the water lens.   

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LGU Bantayan-Centralized Material Recovery Facility (MRF): Brief Description of existing waste management plan

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