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Green Reconstruction

WWF's Green Reconstruction Policy Guidelines promote the use of sustainable design and appropriate technology solutions such as this constructed wetland for wastewater treatment.
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WWF wrote Green Reconstruction Policy Guidelines as a road map to recovery and a guide for managing the consequences of disasters. These guidelines initially developed by WWF in Indonesia in the wake of the 2004 tsunami, now form the basis for economic and environmental reconstruction across WWF's global network.

The Green Reconstruction Policy Guidelines are designed to:

  1. Mainstream environmental concerns into all aspects of reconstruction.
  2. Build strong, legitimate local institutions that are self-reliant.
  3. Develop an overall spatial plan for environmental goods and services as well as development.
  4. Create good governance that is transparent and accountable and that includes local communities.

Download a copy of WWF's Green Reconstruction Policy Guidelines (PDF, 70.7KB)

WWF also has developed tools and training to support humanitarian agencies to utilize the guidelines [including]

   1. Environment Stewardship Worksheet – a tool for designing projects with minimal environment impacts
  2. Report Card – a monitoring and evaluation tool for assessing compliance with green reconstruction guidelines

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News & Updates

  • WWF-American Red Cross article Environmental Stewardship and the Humanitarian Aid Water and Sanitation Sector: Lessons from the 2004 Tsunami Disaster Response to appear online in Water Practice and Technology February 2009
  • Anita van Breda discusses relationship between disasters and environment at Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies January 2009
  • Anita van Breda on Animal Planet’s Top Animal Stories of 2008 to discuss Wolong pandas and green earthquake reconstruction December 2008
  • WWF publishes Global Disaster Outlook: A Conservation Perspective October 2008

 

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Anita van Breda

Director, Humanitarian Partnerships

"By working together we can rebuild communities and the environment upon which they depend, to be stronger, more sustainable, and more resilient to future disasters."

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