According to reports, in particular that of the UN Food and
Agriculture Organization, FAO, the aftermath of the natural
situations is closely related to climate change.
Ecuador´s President Rafael Correa created a South American
secretariat for risks with the objective of facing natural
events like earthquakes or tsunamis.
The
Ecuadoran Head of State spoke to the Foreign Ministers of the
Union of South American Nations, UNASUR meeting in Quito and
stressed: “we must work together in an efficient manner. We have
had too many tragedies without the proper responses”.
Cuba,
located outside the area of danger, although susceptible to
future events due to sudden climate changes, has its efficient
National Civil Defense System which has adopted the necessary
measures to minimize human and material loses before any type of
natural phenomenon.
In
this sense, the FAO has adopted measures that will contribute to
the reduction of the risks and confront “in a more efficient
manner natural and emergency disasters”, according the Emergency
Agency for the Management of Disasters in the Caribbean, which
has Brazilian financing.
“Response before natural disasters and prevent its negative
effects is the work that Latin America and the Caribbean must
take on due to the climatic changes in the world which are
expected to increase and make the climate events more violent”,
says the draft of the agency’s project.
This
principle is earmarked in compliance with the agreement between
the Caribbean Community, (CARICOM) and the Brazilian government,
that will invest 560 000 dollars and whose work will begin this
month.
“The
recovery of the agriculture is the most important task after any
natural disaster and requires plans and support for the small
agricultural workers who are the ones that suffer the most loses
and does not have the capacity of response of the commercial
producers”, said Alan Bojanic, representative in charge of the
FAO’s regional office for Latin America and the Caribbean.
The
project pursues the reduction of risks for the agricultural
sector and will hand over resources to the most affected
countries by Hurricane Thomas in 2010, Santa Lucia and St.
Vincent and the Grenadines. It also includes work in monitoring
and preventing droughts.
“Instead of reacting, we must anticipate the effects of climatic
events in cattle, agricultural productive systems and the small
farmers and fishermen”, said Jeremy Collymore Executive Director
of the agency.
The
project will offer technical assistance for development of the
so called “live schools” in nations like Anguilla, Barbados,
Belize, St.Kitts-Nevis, St. Lucia and St. Vincent and the
Grenadines.
These centers will be prepared to serve has community shelters
in case of extreme climatic events with the reinforcement of its
infrastructure and its communications, in addition to having
water cisterns and emergency food reserves.
