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Disasters and Environment Shelter Meeting May 2012 World Wildlife Fund Anita van Breda

Disasters and Environment Shelter Meeting May 2012 World Wildlife Fund Anita van Breda. Opportunities for Green Recovery and Reconstruction.

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Disasters and Environment Shelter Meeting May 2012 World Wildlife Fund Anita van Breda

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  1. Disasters and Environment Shelter MeetingMay 2012World Wildlife Fund Anita van Breda

  2. Opportunities for Green Recovery and Reconstruction

  3. The toolkit development team was made up of 30 technical specialists, training specialists, and global reviewers representing 17 agencies (e.g., IFRC, Oxfam, Mercy Corps, World Vision, UNEP, UN/ISDR, CARE) Approach to post disaster recovery and reconstruction processes is solution-oriented Green Recovery and Reconstruction Toolkit

  4. 10 Program Modules Green Guide to: Opportunities for Green Recovery and Reconstruction: An Introduction Project Design, Monitoring and Evaluation Environmental Impact Assessment Tools and Techniques Strategic Site Selection and Development Materials and the Supply Chain Construction Water and Sanitation Livelihoods Disaster Risk Reduction Organizational Operations www.green-recovery.org

  5. Shelter/Recovery Related www.green-recovery.org

  6. NGO = 161 (52.78%) • UN = 43 (14.09%) • ACADEMIC = 36 (11.80%) • CONSULTING = 29 (9.5%) • GOVERNMENT = 11 (3.61%) • US GOVERNMENT = 8 (2.62%) • TRAINING = 7 (2.29%) • INDEPENDENT =4 (1.31%) • RESEARCH/POLICY = 1 (.32%). GRRT USER DATABASE

  7. Pakistan GRRT Training Workshop • National Disaster Management Authority • UNDP • Diokonie Katastrophenhilfe • Swiss Agency For Development & Cooperation • Save the Children • Care International • Partner Aid International • DFID • Malaysian Relief Agency • Oxfam Novib • FAO • National Rural Support Programme

  8. MAIN CHALLENGES OF ADAPTING RECOVERY AND RECONSTRUCTION STRATEGIES TO INCLUDE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS • Leadership/Buy-In: • Lack of on-the-ground information, awareness on the part of responders to linkages ;lack of realization that environment is a critical component to the recovery process. • Humanitarian sector leadership in and demand for environmental protection work. • Lack of buy in from field teams. • Institutional lack of respect for safeguards . • Donors/Resources: • Donor agencies looking for outputs rather than quality of work . • Finding multi-skill evaluators who can cover environment in addition to the key sectors covered in the project. • Resource limitations - time, money and appropriately skilled personnel.

  9. SOLUTIONS ? • Work with multiple leverage points • Include environment at earliest entry point • Build environmental management experience in to teams and TORs • Include environment in institutional training programs THANK YOU FOR MORE INFORMATION WWW.GREEN-RECOVERY.ORG

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