Authors :
Randy A. Quitain; Phares P. Parayno
Volume/Issue :
Volume 6 - 2021, Issue 10 - October
Google Scholar :
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Abstract :
The Ecosystem-based Disaster Risk
Reduction (Eco-DRR) Framework focuses on managing,
restoring, and conserving the environment for the
purpose of integration in the Disaster Risk Reduction
(DRR) program. The leaders and managers around the
world utilized the intrinsic services provided by the
ecosystem as reinforcement to reduce the impact of
disaster brought by natural hazards. However, in spite of
their significance in superseding disastrous natural
events and policies protecting them, anthropogenic
activities continually exploit the resources of the
environment for development. This turns out that the
challenge of this approach in DRR program is the
insufficiency of techniques to measure and describe the
intervention done by a specific ecosystem to reduce the
damage of natural hazards and for humans to realize its
importance. In this case, the study formulated an
assessment tool to measure the value of one of the most
exploited biomes globally, the mangrove ecosystem. The
assessment tool concentrated on the DRR services of the
studied ecosystem using two (2) types of approaches: a)
the Ecological Assessment; and, b) Social (Community)
Assessment. These approaches contain different
parameters to be used as DRR evaluation instrument
and their implementations are guided by the proposed
assessment framework for Eco-DRR. This framework
serves as a guide in the selection of parameters in the
formulation of the Eco-DRR Assessment Tool for
Mangrove Ecosystem Services. After the selection of the
parameters to be used both for Ecological and Social
Assessment, these were grounded in the study site to test
their reliability, compatibility, and accuracy before and
after data collection. Moreover, the formulated
assessment tool was reviewed by the experts working in
mangrove ecosystem and related disciplines
incorporated in the study. The process and data
collection during the pre and post testing were analyzed
and discussed to understand their significance in the
creation of Eco-DRR assessment tool for the target
ecosystem. Finally, the substantial parameters were
selected to be included in the final draft of the Eco-DRR
tool. The Eco-DRR tool showed promising results after
testing it in the selected study site. Each parameter
provided data that can reflect the significant role of the
mangroves in terms of climate change mitigation,
prevention of coastal erosion, tsunami or extreme tidal
wave energy reduction, flood or storm surge barrier, and
biodiversity protection. These interventions are
connected to the different frameworks working in
Ecosystem-based Solution similar to the Sendai
Framework. The results and analyses of the parameters
proved their relevance in managing the impact of
natural disasters through their application and
relationship to the Sendai Framework. Later in the
analysis, the parameters used to evaluate the DRR
capacities of mangroves are consolidated to comprise the
“Ecosystem-based Disaster Risk Reduction (Eco-DRR)
Assessment Tool for Mangrove Ecosystem Services” as
fulfilment to the core objective of this study
Keywords :
Eco-DRR Framework, mangroves assessment tool, ecological assessment, social assessment
The Ecosystem-based Disaster Risk
Reduction (Eco-DRR) Framework focuses on managing,
restoring, and conserving the environment for the
purpose of integration in the Disaster Risk Reduction
(DRR) program. The leaders and managers around the
world utilized the intrinsic services provided by the
ecosystem as reinforcement to reduce the impact of
disaster brought by natural hazards. However, in spite of
their significance in superseding disastrous natural
events and policies protecting them, anthropogenic
activities continually exploit the resources of the
environment for development. This turns out that the
challenge of this approach in DRR program is the
insufficiency of techniques to measure and describe the
intervention done by a specific ecosystem to reduce the
damage of natural hazards and for humans to realize its
importance. In this case, the study formulated an
assessment tool to measure the value of one of the most
exploited biomes globally, the mangrove ecosystem. The
assessment tool concentrated on the DRR services of the
studied ecosystem using two (2) types of approaches: a)
the Ecological Assessment; and, b) Social (Community)
Assessment. These approaches contain different
parameters to be used as DRR evaluation instrument
and their implementations are guided by the proposed
assessment framework for Eco-DRR. This framework
serves as a guide in the selection of parameters in the
formulation of the Eco-DRR Assessment Tool for
Mangrove Ecosystem Services. After the selection of the
parameters to be used both for Ecological and Social
Assessment, these were grounded in the study site to test
their reliability, compatibility, and accuracy before and
after data collection. Moreover, the formulated
assessment tool was reviewed by the experts working in
mangrove ecosystem and related disciplines
incorporated in the study. The process and data
collection during the pre and post testing were analyzed
and discussed to understand their significance in the
creation of Eco-DRR assessment tool for the target
ecosystem. Finally, the substantial parameters were
selected to be included in the final draft of the Eco-DRR
tool. The Eco-DRR tool showed promising results after
testing it in the selected study site. Each parameter
provided data that can reflect the significant role of the
mangroves in terms of climate change mitigation,
prevention of coastal erosion, tsunami or extreme tidal
wave energy reduction, flood or storm surge barrier, and
biodiversity protection. These interventions are
connected to the different frameworks working in
Ecosystem-based Solution similar to the Sendai
Framework. The results and analyses of the parameters
proved their relevance in managing the impact of
natural disasters through their application and
relationship to the Sendai Framework. Later in the
analysis, the parameters used to evaluate the DRR
capacities of mangroves are consolidated to comprise the
“Ecosystem-based Disaster Risk Reduction (Eco-DRR)
Assessment Tool for Mangrove Ecosystem Services” as
fulfilment to the core objective of this study
Keywords :
Eco-DRR Framework, mangroves assessment tool, ecological assessment, social assessment
