Environment & Ecosystems

This report outlines Japan's approaches to the challenges of disaster debris management following the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. It offers insights and lessons on environmental sustainability and international cooperation in post-disaster recovery.

This study examines vegetation succession and soil physico-chemical properties in the upper reaches of the O'Donell River, which have been affected by the seasonal lahar since the 1991 eruption of Mt. Pinatubo, central Luzon, the Philippines.

This short publication responds to calls from AusAID staff for simple, practical guidance on what integration of disaster risk reduction, climate change and the environment may mean for their programs. While there is general consensus that these issues

These guidelines aim to improve the way disaster waste (DW) is handled in disasters. They represent much of the best current knowledge and lessons learned on DW management, and provide national authorities and international relief experts alike with sound

This journal focuses on the environment and disaster related issues in the Asian region. It provides a forum to communicate research findings, not only through academic research, but also incorporating field based action research. It aims to establish

This brief highlights the activities of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Haiti. The WFP has moved beyond the initial emergency phase to a long-term food security strategy and has launched a programme to support reconstruction and disaster

The Green Recovery and Reconstruction Toolkit (GRRT) is a training program designed to increase knowledge and skills for utilizing environmentally sustainable disaster response approaches.

The purpose of this document is to create a cohesive documented body of knowledge for disaster recovery planners and policy makers, in the recognition that preventive measures are vital to reducing the more costly efforts of responding to disasters.

Rebuilding stronger, safer, environmentally sustainable communities after disasters:

The GRRT toolkit provides a step-by-step guide for the task of rebuilding communities to be more environmentally and socially sustainable than what existed before the

The Asia-Pacific disaster report, 2010:

This report addresses the exponential increase of disaster risks in Asia-Pacific, as a result of the compounding effects of inequitable economic growth patterns, population pressures and extreme climatic events