MANILA, Philippines — Philippine authorities officers emphasised that satellites and different space-based applied sciences are essential for strengthening the nation’s safety and catastrophe mitigation efforts.
Throughout Stratbase Institute’s house cooperation convention held on March 19, consultants from the Philippine Navy, Nationwide Catastrophe Danger Discount and Administration Council, and the Division of Surroundings and Pure Sources highlighted the significance of those applied sciences.
Safeguarding maritime area
Navy spokesperson for the West Philippine Sea, Commodore Roy Vincent Trinidad, mentioned that Canada’s Darkish Vessel Detection System satellite tv for pc program has been instrumental in safeguarding the Philippines’ maritime area.
“By way of an settlement with the Canadian authorities, the Philippine Navy has been utilizing the Darkish Vessel Detection System and has allowed them to trace ships conducting unlawful actions in Philippine waters even when they turned off their location transmitting units to keep away from surveillance,” Trinidad mentioned in the course of the discussion board.
Managing disasters
Nationwide Catastrophe Danger Discount and Administration Council Government Director and Workplace of Civil Protection Administrator Ariel Nepomuceno mentioned that satellite-based applied sciences are important for bettering the nation’s catastrophe administration capabilities.
“So the position of digital options, particularly satellite-based options, will likely be important to leapfrog the potential of the nation, not solely the Civil Protection workplace however the whole… what we are saying, the whole-of-government strategy in managing disasters,” Nepomuceno defined.
Mapping pure sources
Surroundings Undersecretary Carlos Primo David talked about that their company has been utilizing satellite tv for pc expertise to map out the Philippines’ pure sources.
“With 10 folks in our staff and the entire nation to map out, there’s completely no approach to do this, besides that if we use satellite tv for pc imagery. So for us, it’s cost-effective. And the subsequent step there actually is leveraging on this expertise for progress and financial growth that comes in spite of everything this mapping has taken place,” David mentioned.
Extra partnerships
Listening to these arguments, Stratbase Institute President Dindo Manhit urged the Philippine authorities to pursue extra partnerships on this discipline.
In a press release issued on Friday, he notably famous that “it’s an trade that warrants consideration.”
“We at Stratbase consider in wanting past the current and seeing not solely dangers however alternatives as nicely. Within the sector of house, the areas for brand new industries, collaboration with completely different nations, and financial potential for Philippine society at massive are as huge as house itself,” Manhit mentioned.
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