Iloilo activates technical working group on climate information
The Provincial Agriculture Office (PAO) is activating the Technical Working Group on Climate Information with the holding of a Climate Forum, which will be held on May 9, 2007 at 9:00 a.m. Provincial Capitol Conference Room.
OIC Provincial Agriculturist Dr. Ildefonso Toledo said his office would like to form an active group that can disseminate climate information to the public through their respective areas in order to mitigate adverse effects of climate change.
The group is composed of the offices of Provincial Disaster Coordinator, Health, Social Welfare, the municipality of Dumangas, and the Philippine Information Agency and others.
The TWG will regularly be briefed by PAG-ASA on weather update and seasonal climate as needed, for the members to utilize information to the general public, those particularly in agriculture.
The Climate Forum will review what transpired in the first Climate Forum last year, discuss Weather Update, Climate from January to March, and Seasonal Climate which is from May to September this year.
(PIA 6)