REDUCING RISK AND VULNERABILITY-AN ENVIRONMENTAL AND HUMANITARIAN PARTNERSHIP FOR GREEN RECOVERY

Society for International Development 16 September 2009

ROBERT LAPRADE, AMERICAN RED CROSS

ANITA VAN BREDA, WORLD WILDLIFE FUND

Reason for the Partnership

Baseline Conditions

Common Issues in Recovery

Partnership Areas of Focus

Challenges

Stories from the Field

The Future

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Unsustainable Baseline Conditions in Many

Tsunami-prone Coastal Communities

Deforestation Over fishing Poor aquaculture development

Poor tourism development Poverty Conflict

Reconstruction is an Opportunity:

Goal is NOT to Return to Pre-tsunami Conditions

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COMMON ISSUES

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Spatial Planning

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Unsustainable Livelihoods

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Solid Waste Management

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Unsustainable Logging

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Soil Mining

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A more hopeful and healthy future

A Partnership for Green Recovery

Primary Areas of Focus

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Livelihoods Water & Sanitation

Disaster ManagementShelter

PROJECT REVIEWS

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CO-LOCATION OF STAFF

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CHALLENGES

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Differing Views of Sustainability

Sustainability:

“Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising

the ability of future generations to meet their own needs”--World Commission on Environment and Development, 1987

As used in humanitarian aid:

Sustainability = Economic sustainability;

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Sustainability = Project lasts for a long-time after the agency has left the country

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Different World Views

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Global Challenges

Struggle to balance immediate needs and acting now with long term sustainability approach

Emergency life saving perception colors humanitarian actor long term view

Need for professional development and R&D practices

Minimal or absence of financial resource commitment

Global perception of environment as a luxury

Lack of policy enforcement by government and agencies

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STORIES FROM THE FIELD

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Krueng Sabee Watershed Forum in Indonesia

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Aquaculture and Fisheries Livelihoods in Indonesia

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Home Gardening and Composting Training in Sri Lanka

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Livelihoods in Pulo Aceh, Indonesia

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Shelter in the Maldives

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School Garbage Banks in Thailand

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Green Recovery and Reconstruction Training Toolkit

The 10 modules for the GRRT include:

1. Opportunities after Disasters: Introduction to Green Recovery and Reconstruction

2. Activity Review and Environmental Impact Assessment

3. Monitoring and Evaluation for Environmental Indicators

4. Coordination and Legal Frameworks5. Spatial Planning6. Sustainable Construction7. Building Materials and the Supply

Chain 8. Sustainable Water and Sanitation 9. Sustainable Livelihoods10.Sustainable Disaster Risk Reduction

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The Sphere Project Revision – Environment, DRR and Climate Change

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The Future

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Summary

Environment degradation predisposes populations to disaster risk

Disaster recovery operations can impact the environment

Working together we advance both our missions

The environment needs to be mainstreamed into humanitarian response

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Thank you…