Jakarta (ANTARA) – Head of the Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) Dwikorita Karnawati has invited the worldwide neighborhood to slim the hole between catastrophe know-how and neighborhood understanding of catastrophe mitigation.

“Early warning system will fail in preventing casualties if it is not supported by the understanding of disaster mitigation, awareness, skills, and the ability to respond quickly and appropriately,” Karnawati mentioned right here on Sunday.

At the inaugural assembly of the panel on socioeconomic advantages (PSB) in Geneva, which she attended on-line, she careworn that weak anticipation, mitigation, and early warning of disasters can put an incredible danger on individuals’s life and the financial system.

She mentioned growing nations which are extremely liable to disasters have even greater dangers of financial losses and casualties as a consequence of disasters.

According to her, the earth’s present situation is more and more complicated, so it requires quick, exact, correct, and systematic observations and knowledge, along with technological innovation and dependable analysts and modeling.

“This situation needs to be our concern together because if the gap widens, the technological advances become less meaningful,” she mentioned.

She mentioned literacy and academic approaches are key to rising understanding and the flexibility to make use of knowledge and knowledge produced by trendy know-how.

At the World Meteorological Organization discussion board, Karnawati talked about the Fisherman Weather Field School (SLCN) organized by BMKG to extend neighborhood literacy about climate and local weather.

SLCN is a low-cost effort however has a major affect in rising catastrophe mitigation throughout the neighborhood, she mentioned.

“One of the success stories of the SLCN was during the Seroja Cyclone that hit East Nusa Tenggara. One of the SLCN alumni saved villagers after receiving early warning information through WhatsApp messages,” she defined.

To enhance neighborhood literacy and capability in mitigating and responding to early warning of disasters, all events should be concerned, not solely the federal government, but additionally academicians, communities, organizations, media, to enterprise entities, she reminded.

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Translated by: Zubi M, Kenzu
Editor: Sri Haryati
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