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Date Posted: 21:04:57 08/12/12 Sun
Author: IMRD
Subject: Aug 12, 2012 news

http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php/news/top-stories/35916-rh-benefit-stressed

RH benefit stressed
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Published : Sunday, August 12, 2012 00:00
Article Views : 81
Written by : Jester Manalastas

FOR Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman, the passage of Reproductive Health Bill may help mitigate the impact of calamities.

According to Lagman, inordinately huge population growth rate exacerbates calamities and makes risk management even more difficult.

”The importance of the other bills on calamity response will be diminished if the enevitable linkage between population and calamities is overlooked and if the population problem is not addressed with alacrity,” Lagman said.

Lagman, one of the proponents of House Bill 4244, is urging Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. to prioritize the voting on the RH bill.

Last week, lawmakers agreed to terminate the period of interpellation on the RH measure and will proceed to period of amendments then on second and final reading.

Lawmakers, both supporters and anti, met President Benigno Aquino III last week before the voting on the floor.

Lagman said that while he supports the move of Belmonte to rush the consideration of bills relating to calamities, the House of Representatives should prioritize the voting on the RH bill as this is more urgent.

”The pending bills referred to by Speaker Belmonte ranging from transparency in the utilization of calamity funds to providing protective gear to rescue workers are truly needed, but policymakers have to realize that an inordinately huge population growth rate (PGR) exacerbates calamities and makes risk management even more difficult,” he added.

He said the adverse impact of excessive population growth on catastrophes, rescue and relief operations, and climate change is evident from the alarming and verifiable facts like the following:

— The sheer number of people particularly children and women, affected by disasters makes rescue and relief operations harder and more expensive.

— Man-made hazards and obstacles compound the rage and range of calamities like people inhabiting riverbanks and landslide-prone areas,massive deforestration as people from the lowlands invade the uplands for habitation, and livelihood and irresponsible solid waste disposal in populous areas which obstruct waterways and drainage faciliites thereby causing and aggravating flooding.

— People contribute to the despoliation of the environment, and the more people there are, the more extensive is the ecological degradation.

— An expanding population deters the efficacy of climate change mitigation and adaptation.

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