Green Guide to Disaster Risk Reduction: Module 9

This is Module 9 in a series of 10 modules comprising the Green Recovery and Reconstruction Toolkit (GRRT). Collectively, the GRRT modules provide information and guidelines to improve project outcomes for people and communities recovering from disaster by  minimizing  harm to the environment and taking advantage of opportunities to improve the environment.

This module is intended to increase the knowledge of disaster risk reduction (DRR) specialists with respect to the integration of environmental considerations in disaster preparedness, mitigation, risk assessment, and risk reduction. Specific learning objectives for this module are as follows:

• Describe the ways in which disaster risk and environmental conditions are linked.
• Integrate environmental issues into typical disaster risk reduction assessments.
• Identify a set of ecosystem-based activities that can reduce risk and enhance disaster risk reduction programs.
• Describe how disaster risk reduction activities can have negative impacts on the environment and how these impacts can be mitigated.