Environment and humanitarian action : increasing effectiveness, sustainability and accountability : a study undertaken for the joint UNEP/OCHA environment unit : version 1 / UNEP/OCHA.

Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Geneva, Switzerland : UNEP/OCHA, 2011.Description: 44 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cmSubject(s): LOC classification:
  • Pamphlet GE149. E486 2014
Contents:
Contents: Acronyms—Acknowledgements—Executive summary—1. Introduction—2. State of environment in humanitarian action—3. Environmental considerations in humanitarian operations—4. Analysis of environmental mainstreaming—5. Tracking environmental funding—6. Conclusions and recommendations—Bibliography—Annexes.
Summary: Summary: “Destruction of livelihoods and deforestation as a result of brick production for humanitarian operations in Darfur. Dried up wells due to over-drilling for water by humanitarian organizations’ in Afghanistan. Ruined livelihoods from an over-provision of fishing boats and consequent fishing stock depletion in post-Tsunami Sri Lanka. Failure to meet waste treatment standards leading to environmental contamination in Haiti and the largest outbreak of cholera in recent history. These examples illustrate how humanitarian or peacekeeping actors, by failing to take environmental issues into consideration, undermine their purpose: to save lives and preserve and restore human livelihoods…”—(page summary).
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“Includes bibliography”—(pages 40-43).

Contents: Acronyms—Acknowledgements—Executive summary—1. Introduction—2. State of environment in humanitarian action—3. Environmental considerations in humanitarian operations—4. Analysis of environmental mainstreaming—5. Tracking environmental funding—6. Conclusions and recommendations—Bibliography—Annexes.

Summary: “Destruction of livelihoods and deforestation as a result of brick production for humanitarian operations in Darfur. Dried up wells due to over-drilling for water by humanitarian organizations’ in Afghanistan. Ruined livelihoods from an over-provision of fishing boats and consequent fishing stock depletion in post-Tsunami Sri Lanka. Failure to meet waste treatment standards leading to environmental contamination in Haiti and the largest outbreak of cholera in recent history. These examples illustrate how humanitarian or peacekeeping actors, by failing to take environmental issues into consideration, undermine their purpose: to save lives and preserve and restore human livelihoods…”—(page summary).

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