Liza Cabrera

Call for climate change and disaster risk articles
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Recognizing the need for scientific research on climate change adaptation and disaster risk management, the Climate, Disaster and Development (CDD) Journal is now accepting submissions to its second issue until March 1, 2016. The CDD Journal is an interdisciplinary double blind peer-reviewed journal that covers all aspects of climate, disaster and development research towards effective climate change adaptation and disaster risk management. The journal is a project of the Oscar

Lecture on participatory development communication by Guy Bessette
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Dr. Guy Bessette, consultant for international development and author of Involving the Community: A Guide to Participatory Development Communication talked about the importance of communication in development last February 1 at the College of Development Communication (CDC), UP Los Banos, Philippines. Bessette gave an overview of Participatory Development Communication, emphasizing his argument “no participation, no development… no communication, no participation.” Participatory development communication is a planned systematic process with four main phases:

Tropical marine ecosystem management students take ComDev planning course
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Five graduate students taking up the Professional Masters in Tropical Marine Ecosystem Management (TMEM) in the Philippines took 16-hour subject on ComDev planning. Each of them produced a skeletal communication plan that addresses an immediate concern in their respective marine ecosystem: illegal fishing, habitat degradation, whale conservation, and protection of seagrass ecosystem among others.   The Comdev subject was made part of a 1.5-year postgraduate academic program in the Philippines focused on

Sarawak celebrates the role of communication for development
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Sarawak Development Institute (SDI) in Malaysia celebrated its 20 years of service and commitment to support the development agenda of the state of Sarawak last December 2, 2015. Governor of the Malaysian state of Sarawak, Tun Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud, acknowledged that communication serves as a very important element for the development efforts of a country. He was given recognition by the College of Development Communication University of the Philippines

CDC-UPLB shares reflections on global content management
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The College of Development Communication, University of the Philippines Los Baños (CDC-UPLB) shared best practices, challenges, and lessons learned in managing www.cccomdev.org with the larger community of ComDev specialists of the Philippines.  Professor Cleofe Torres and Asst. Professor Liza A. Cabrera presented their paper on “Reflections on Managing the Collaborative Change Communication (CCCOMDEV) Global Platform Content” in the 5th Consortium of Development Communication Educators and Practitioners in the Philippines (CDCEPP) held in Musuan,

Strengthening nutrition and education programs through communication
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Written by Ma. Theresa H. Velasco, Dean, and Kabzeel Sheba Catapang, Assistant Professor, UPLB-CDC . Since 2014, UNICEF and the College of Development Communication, UP Los Baños (CDC-UPLB) have been implementing a number of communication initiatives for behavior change and empowerment. This is to strengthen nutrition and education programs as part of anti-poverty programs of selected local government units (LGU) in the Philippines.   Following the participatory development communication model, the project formed local core groups in each

International Day for Disaster Reduction 2015
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The International Day for Disaster Reduction is on October 13. This is a day to celebrate how people and communities are reducing their risk to disasters and raising awareness about the importance of disaster risk reduction. It’s also a day to encourage every citizen and government to take part in building more disaster resilient communities and nations. This year’s celebration focuses on traditional, indigenous and local knowledge, which complement modern science and

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A five-day Seminar on Strategic Communication Development Planning for Sarawak Development Project Planners and Implementers was conducted on June 22-26, 2015 in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia. The workshop addressed the need for the state government’s development planners to have basic knowledge and skills in communication for development (ComDev) to engage stakeholders, build trust and meet increasing expectations.

soil4life
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 As part of the International Year of Soils, FAO launched the #soils4life contest on Instagram to share photos related to soils, their potential, their functions, but also instances of exploitation or abuse to help draw attention to the myriad of issues concerning this valuable resource. The first stage of this contest runs April 2 until May 17.