Build Back Better

IRP provides recovery guidance and comprehensive library of recovery resources to support the practice of disaster recovery and building back better.
Environment & Ecosystems
Items: 128
Environment Sector DRF Guide
2023
The DRF–Environment Guide is a companion to the main DRF Guide, with stepwise guidance on development of environmental recovery policy, team structure, stakeholders, etc. It walks through the process of establishing a comprehensive recovery framework.
United Nations Development Programme - Headquarters
WRC5 Knowledge Report
2022
This knowledge report highlights the key lessons and recommendations emerging from the discussions during the 15 sessions of the 5th World Reconstruction Conference.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction United Nations Development Programme - Headquarters Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the World Bank, the International Recovery Platform
COVID-19 Response and Recovery Guidelines ASEAN
2022
The Guidelines were designed to support ASEAN Member States in establishing their regional and national transport connectivity recovery plans with a focus on resilience and sustainability.
Association of South East Asian Nations The ASEAN Secretariat
Bushfire Recovery for Wildlife and Habitat
2021
This infographic shows the overview of the Australian Government's efforts including impacts, funding and action, to support the recovery of its native wildlife and their habitats from the devastating Black Summer bushfires of 2019-20.
Australia - government
Design considerations for post natural disaster (fire) on-ground assessment of status of species, ecological communities, habitats and threats
2020
This report aims to highlight design considerations for conducting surveys to assess fire severity, habitat condition, threats, and the status of priority threatened species and ecological communities listed as most vulnerable to the 2019-20 wildfires.
University of Melbourne
BUSHFIRE RECOVERY PROJECT No. 2
2021
This report is one of a series of Bushfire Science Reports prepared by the Bushfire Recovery Project, presenting the latest evidence from the scientific literature about bushfires, climate change and the native forests of southern and eastern Australia
Griffith University Australian National University
BURNT ASSETS The 2019-2020 Australian Bushfires
2020
This report explores how to value the environmental impacts of bushfires, illustrated with a simple analysis of how greenhouse gas emissions from bushfires reduce forest carbon (stocks), which are then partially restored through natural regrowth (flows).
World Wildlife Fund - US
Australian Wildlife and Nature Recovery Fund: Respond, Restore, and Build a Resilient Future
2020
This document provides the overview of the World Wildlife Fund Australian Wildlife and Nature Recovery Fund's response and recovery efforts for the 2019-2020 Bushfires in Australia.
World Wildlife Fund - US
Australia: After the bushfires
2021
This article of the UNESCO Courier focusing on restoring biodiversity and reviving life, shares the story of the effects of 2019-2020 bushfires on the biodiversity in Australia.
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization - Headquarters
2019-20 South Australian Bushfire Recovery Interim Report
2020
This Report tells the story of the Yorketown, Cudlee Creek, Kangaroo Island and other fires in 2019-2020 and the achievements of the early recovery phase across the four domains of recovery: social, economic, built environment and the natural environment.
Australia - government