BINIGYANG-DIIN ni Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Maria Antonia Yulo-Loyzaga ang kahalagahan ng pagkakaisa ng government agencies maging ng iba pang stakeholders para sa epektibong pamamahala ng likas na yaman habang binalabalanse ang environmental sustainability at socio-economic needs.
Ginawa ni Loyzaga ang pahayag sa kanyang pagdalo sa 12th annual International Government Communication Forum (IGCF 2023) na ginanap sa Sharjah, United Arab Emirates kung saan sinabi pa niya ang kahalagahan ng trans-disciplinary work at cross-sector communication sa ‘resource extraction’ upang mapalakas ang resource extraction habang pinoprotektahan ang kapaligiran.
“We know that we need the resources. What we have tried to explain to all sectors involved in environmental protection and in extraction is that there is a need to optimize the use of minerals in order for society to actually move forward. The idea here is to understand that there are cost-benefits to every action—and individual interests must be balanced against group interests and sectoral interests,” sabi ni Loyzaga.
“The mitigation hierarchy that we established states that the first principle is do no harm—we do need to extract the natural resources but we must avoid harm. If harm cannot be avoided then it must be reduced or minimized; if it cannot be reduced or minimized, then there must be compensation or offsetting. This way, we cut across the private sector, non-government organizations, different civil society groups, as well as the local governments and national government agencies,” dagdag pa niya.
Tinalakay rin ng DENR chief ang mga kinakailangang istratehiya para sa epektibong komunikasyon ng sustainability at resource development. Ito ay kinabibilangan ng pagtanggal sa “communication biases, consideration of various community communication dynamics and building trusted leadership that is able to translate the messages of our sectors-globally, nationally and locally, at different levels.”