1. 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

2.  Reason for the Partnership  Baseline Conditions  Common Issues in Recovery  Partnership Areas of Focus  Challenges  Stories from the Field  The Future 2

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4. 4 Unsustainable Baseline Conditions in Many Tsunami-prone Coastal Communities DeforestationOver fishingPoor aquaculture development Poor tourism development Poverty Conflict

5. Reconstruction is an Opportunity: Goal is NOT to Return to Pre-tsunami Conditions 5

6. COMMON ISSUES 6

7. Spatial Planning 7

8. Unsustainable Livelihoods 8

9. Solid Waste Management 9

10. Unsustainable Logging 10

11. Soil Mining 11

12. A more hopeful and healthy future A Partnership for Green Recovery

13. Primary Areas of Focus 13 LivelihoodsWater & Sanitation Disaster ManagementShelter

14. PROJECT REVIEWS 14

15. CO-LOCATION OF STAFF 15

16. CHALLENGES 16

17. 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; OR Sustainability = Project lasts for a long-time after the agency has left the country 17

18. Different World Views 18

19. 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 19

20. STORIES FROM THE FIELD 20

21. Krueng Sabee Watershed Forum in Indonesia 21

22. Aquaculture and Fisheries Livelihoods in Indonesia 22

23. Home Gardening and Composting Training in Sri Lanka 23

24. Livelihoods in Pulo Aceh, Indonesia 24

25. Shelter in the Maldives 25

26. School Garbage Banks in Thailand 26

27. 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 Frameworks 5.Spatial Planning 6.Sustainable Construction 7.Building Materials and the Supply Chain 8.Sustainable Water and Sanitation 9.Sustainable Livelihoods 10.Sustainable Disaster Risk Reduction 27

28. The Sphere Project Revision – Environment, DRR and Climate Change 28

29. The Future 29

30. 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 30

31. 31 Thank you…