THE DAMAGE caused by oil spills in 2023 has reached P4.93 billion, according to the data released by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) on Tuesday.
The PSA鈥檚 Compendium of Philippine Environment Statistics (CPES) Component 4 showed that the damage due to 鈥渉uman-induced disasters鈥 reached P9.29 billion last year, of which 53.1% was mainly from oil spill incidents.
鈥淭he reported oil spill in various regions resulted in damages in the agriculture sector,鈥 the agency said.
In 2023, damages brought by 鈥渕inor human-induced incidents鈥 such as armed conflicts/firefight and fire incidents totaled P4.36 billion.
鈥淭he total damages [sic] in infrastructure amounted to P4.31 billion or 98.7% of the total damages [sic] due to minor human-induced incidents,鈥 the PSA said.
Meanwhile, damage resulting from natural extreme weather events and disaster declined by 17.5% to P24.49 billion in 2023 from P29.68 billion a year earlier.聽
The total damage wrought by minor natural incidents reached P1.24 billion, up 33.4% from P0.93 billion in 2022.
Infrastructure incurred the highest damage overall at P630 million or 50.7%, followed by agriculture at P530 million or 42.4%. 鈥 Sheldeen Joy Talavera
