PRA successfully held Reclamation and Dredging Summit
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Gearing towards more environmentally sustainable land reclamation and coastal protection strategies, the Philippine Reclamation Authority (PRA) held its first ever land reclamation and dredging summit last April 24 and 25 at Le Pavillon in Metropolitan Park, Pasay City. With the theme “Platforms for Progress and Prosperity: Building Legacy Islands on Water”, the two-day event successfully gathered local and international experts, local government officials from coastal cities, municipalities and provinces, representatives of national government agencies, academicians, private developers, and members of civil society organizations. Ambassador Marion Dercks, the Netherlands Ambassador to the Philippines, also graced the event.
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PRA SET TO HOST FIRST RECLAMATION AND DREDGING SUMMIT
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The Philippine Reclamation Authority (PRA) is poised to host its first ever land reclamation and dredging summit on April 24-25, 2017 at Le Pavillon in Metropolitan Park, Pasay City.
With the theme “Platforms for Progress and Prosperity: Building Legacy Islands on Water”, the two-day event aims to gather reclamation stakeholders to discuss the concepts of reclamation and dredging, solutions to risks and hazards in reclamation, best practices on environmental management of reclamation projects, “Building with Nature” (BwN), and climate change.
Local and international water experts will grace the event to present the concepts, issues and solutions, and best practices.
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PRA, ONE ARCHITECTURE BRING TO LIFE TACLOBAN COASTAL PROTECTION STRATEGY
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Through a seed grant from Global Resilience Partnership, PRA and One Architecture launched One Resilient Team: Tacloban. In a ceremony held last March 24 at Patio Victoria in the said city, it was announced that PRA and One Architecture won USD 150,000.00 for the construction of three pilot projects in Tacloban City. The project, mangrove and beach forest reforestation and rehabilitation, will be done in Barangays New Kawayan, Nula Tula, and Diit in the said city.
The project sites were decided in consultation with representatives of different agencies present in the said event.
Representatives of PRA, One Architecture, Department of Environment and Natural Resources Region 8, Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, and the local governments of Tacloban City and Palo deliberated and discussed the most appropriate sites for mangrove and beach forest reforestation and rehabilitation.
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PRA response to the article “Bay reclamation: A treasure trove”
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This is in response to the article “Bay reclamation: A treasure trove” written by Mr. Federico D. Pascual Jr. (PhiI. Star Opinion February 21, 2017). To put things in proper perspective and address the issues raised by the article, may we respond as follows:
1. On “pursuing more than 600 projects all over the country before 2022”, please be informed that the Philippine Reclamation Authority (PRA) is neither the proponent nor the implementer of such projects. These applications for reclamation are being pursued by LGUs and their private sector partners. PRA acts as the primary regulatory agency of the government to assess the technical, environmental, financial and socio-economic merits of such projects. LGUs are exercising their authorities under the Local Government Code to do reclamation projects which they deem necessary for their own respective local jurisdictions, either through PPPs or Joint Ventures. These projects will eventually be elevated to the NEDA Board (chaired by the President) for final approval.
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