Government’s no-build zone measure that would ban the construction of structures within 40 meters of the shoreline does not sit well with fishermen in Leyte whose livelihood will be affected. They want to be close to the sea with their boats just by the doorways of their homes so that they could easily push them across the sand to the shore. Living further inland, as what the barangay captain is ordering them to do, will bring fishermen and their families away from their boats and the sea. But storm surges that reached 100 meters at the height of Super Typhoon Yolanda had proven that coastal communities are not safe.
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