MAKATI CITY – The High Level Discussion on National Land Use and Its Impact on Food Security, Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change will be scheduled on Thursady October 18, 2012 at 9:00am-12:00nn in Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Makati City.
Can LAND USE PLANNING really help achieve food security and
climate change adaptation? These are one of the possible questions to be
discussed tomorrow with Senator Gringo
Honasan, Chairman, Senate Committee on Agrarian Reform.
Also expected to attend as speakers
in the said forum are; Representative
Teddy Baguilat Lone District-Ifugao; Professor Jose Regunay, Assistant Professor School of Urban and
Regional Planning University of the Philippines –Diliman; Undersecretary Rosalina Bistoyong of the
Special Program and Agrarian Reform Stakeholder Relation Office, Department of
Agrarian Reform; Governor Alfonso V.
Umali of Oriental Mindoro; Ms.
Leonor S. Lava from the Development Education Specialist Philippine
Rural Reconstruction Movement; Dr. Esteban Godilano, Climate Change Consultant
from the Department of Agriculture.
Background:
As a result of the effort of CLUP
Now! in advocating for the passage of a land use policy law, the House of Representatives
recently approved on the 3rd Reading HB 6545 or the “National
Land Use and Management Act”sponsored by Rep. Kaka Bag-ao of Akbayan.
The network now calls on the Senate
to pass its version of the bill and schedule the Committee Report No. 94, SB
3091 or the “National Land Use Act” for plenary deliberation.
It cannot be denied that the proper
utilization and management of land resources is one of the primary issues that our
country faces in the light of the erratic climate change, worsening of
disasters, and the looming food and water crises. CLUP Now calls for the
passage land use policy law that will provide for a rational, holistic and just
allocation, utilization, management, and development of the country's land and
water resources.
The forum will be attended by
representatives from organizations in the countryside, people’s organizations,
non-government organizations, members of the academe, and other concerned groups
and individuals.
About CLUP Now!
The Campaign for Land Use
Policy Now! (CLUP Now!) network
is a loose coalition of Non- Government Organizations and People’s
Organizations dedicated to the passage of a national land law that will provide
for a rational, holistic, and just allocation, utilization, management, and
development of the country’s land and water resources.
For more information, contact Angelica
Carballo (0927-2877-264)
