The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) plans to build more upstream rainwater catchments to help ease floods and improve irrigation.

Environment Secretary Ramon Paje said the additional catchments or small water impounding dams (SWID) are part of the physical development plan, which the Cabinet cluster on climate change is proposing not only to guide physical expansion but also to help improve the country’s resilience to global warming and climate-related disasters.

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