1..As we all know, disaster response is a function of preparedness. The effectiveness of our disaster response depends on the quality of our preparedness. Emergency preparedness and responsiveness is therefore a programme thrust of ASEAN
2. facing the global community today is to adopt modes of development that reduce disaster risks and facilitate achievement of sustainable development goals. Disasters are not inevitable. On the contrary, they can be managed and risks can be reduced through appropriate development policies, relevant preparedness programmes, and responsive actions.
3. the Aftermath of Earthquake and Tsunami on 6 January 2005 in Jakarta charted the road map for improving emergency relief operations, coordinating rehabilitation and reconstruction of the affected areas, and reinforcing the need for prevention, preparedness and mitigation. ASEAN Member
4. “ASEAN standby arrangements” is being compiled based on earmarked assets and capacities of ASEAN Member Countries. A network of pre-designated areas will be established as entry points to speed up movement of relief items across borders. ASEAN is also committed to conduct regional simulation exercises regularly to enhance our preparedness and maintain the applicability of our standard operating procedures. The first-ever ASEAN regional disaster emergency response simulation exercise
5. assisting teams from the ASEAN Member Countries were among the first to respond to the earthquake, bringing in search and rescue teams, as well as medical and other emergency ASEAN Member were at various locations in Yogyakarta and Central Java providing medical assistance and relief efforts to the earthquake victims in close coordination Other ASEAN Member Countries, including Cambodia, Lao PDR and Viet Nam, sent food supplies and cash contributions . These joint emergency response efforts were coordinated within the framework of the ASEAN Agreement on Disaster Management and Emergency Response.
6.we are all vulnerable to disasters, both natural and man-made. Our preparedness and response plans are all being closely scrutinised. We need to examine how those crisis situations could be turned into opportunities. Crises force us to think, but we need to think one step ahead and act two steps ahead. Otherwise, we will stay where we were before. Policy leaders and the global community at large should also use the momentum provided by the mega disasters to rebound, build back better, and be more resilient than ever. Partnership is essential in managing the impact of disasters. Lastly, it is the challenge for all of us to seize the opportunity to strengthen, on a long-term basis, the state of our disaster preparedness, and take precautionary measures to prevent, monitor and mitigate disasters.
advantages and disadvantage of building a dam on the Mekong River.
ข้อเสีย
- Lower Dam San Jose To cause serious damage to occur to fish. Deposition of sediments And other natural resources; Local river Cambodian citizens and neighbors.
- Xayaburi dam will affect ecosystems, livelihoods will pose serious health effects, including access to food, water to communities in the Mekong countries.
- Xayaburi Dam It allows a lot of fish spawn. The area where the water is exposed to oxygen in the high-volume gravel for spawning. The dam in this area will make a total of eight of the 10 fish species decreased significantly. Which is the main food source of Cambodians. Vietnam lost Main dishes from the Mekong estuary area
- Will cause serious changes to the nature of the system of river flooding and drought.
- Will cause blocking the flow of sediment.
- Are causing these changes will cause adverse effects. Greatly to the livelihoods of millions of people. Which live at the bottom of the river in Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam. Siew said the dam would also block over 35 percent of the sediment that nourish and cause plenty of river bottom.
- The dam on the river stopped the destruction of fish and fisheries, the environment for food and spawning of fish are adapting to the conditions on the river filled. Sediment of the river will be affected severely. The upper level will make the flow of the lower Mekong during the dry season increased twice
. - Impact on Agriculture Approximately 80 percent of the rice produced in the lower Mekong basin depend on water, sediment and nutrients, which come with the annual flooding of the Mekong River.
- Soil erosion caused widespread water discharged from. Dam bottom sediments of the project will be less than normal, which makes the water of the river. Below erosion dam will flood 90 kilometers above the dam, resulting in about 2,000 people to be evacuated and another 200,000 people will be affected the lifestyle.
ข้อดี
The advantages
- To generate electricity
- To reserve water for use in the dry season.
- To find a solution to the Andaman Sea. By connecting the Mekong River to exploit the Salween River in Burma. If not connected by water. You will find a way to connect by road or rail instead. Recently, China took all the way no matter the road or path R3A Kunming
- Bangkok via Laos to Chiang Khong. And China will also support the building of a bridge as well. Not only that, China also plans to build a rail at gunpoint along the border with Thailand in the near future.
- To cooperate with developing countries in the Mekong route free Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia under the framework of economic cooperation squares. Economic and hexagon
- The project to build a dam and ditch the project. The benefits of irrigation, transport and energy.