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This Training Template was developed as part of the UNEP/OCHA Joint Environment Unit’s project titled Localisation of Environment in Humanitarian Action, and consists of: Preface: List of...

What is the aim of the Decommissioning course? To enhance the understanding of the initial phases for decommissioning oil field infrastructure, both onshore and offshore, and related environmental...

Brief description of the tool: Globally fires affect several hundred million hectares of natural and cultural landscapes every year. In some fire-adapted or fire-dependent vegetation types these...

Brief description of the tool: Historically many natural and cultural landscapes have been influenced and shaped by natural fire and burning practices by aboriginal populations. The use of fire has...

Brief description of the tool: In many countries there is a lack of institutional capacities to build fire management capabilities in the prevention, preparedness and control of wildfires. Other...

Brief description of the tool: In many countries the awareness of the magnitude and consequences of landscape fires (wildfires, land-use fires) is not developed, i.e. fire occurrence / impacts, fire...

Brief description of the tool: In many countries the awareness of the magnitude of the role of vegetation fires (e.g., fire occurrence / impacts, fire management options, importance of the role of...

Brief description of the tool: Approaches in participatory or community-based integrated fire management aim to include local communities in the appropriate application of land-use fires (managed...

Introduction to the Handbook The UNDAC Handbook is intended as an easily accessible reference guide for members of an UNDAC team before and during a mission to a disaster or emergency. The Handbook...

Foreword Welcome to the short version of the United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination (UNDAC) Handbook (8th edition). The UNDAC Handbook has always been a dynamic reference tool,...

The Words into Action (WiA) Implementation Guide for Man-Made and Technological Hazards was developed by the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the United Nations Office for...

What is the aim of the Oil Contaminated Site Assessment & Remediation course? To enhance the understanding of how to conduct assessments and remedial approaches for oil-contaminated sites in order to...

What is the aim of the course? To enhance the understanding of capacity towards identifying, preventing, and mitigating potential environmental and public health impacts of associated gas processing...

INTRODUCTION The partner survey conducted by the Joint Initiative for Sustainable Humanitarian Assistance Packaging Waste Management1 1 The Joint Initiative is funded by USAID’s Bureau for...

What is the aim of the Environmentally Sensitive Areas course? To enhance the understanding of the potential impacts on protected, conserved and environmentally sensitive areas from oil & gas...

What is the aim of the Chemicals and Waste Management Course? To enhance the understanding of primary operational and environmental aspects of, and options for, chemicals and waste management in oil...

Developed as part of the RCRC Green Response initiative, these guidelines provide practical, sector specific information on how to better manage solid waste to improve emergency response operations...

Download the tool in English here. Téléchargez l'outil en français ici. Descargue la herramienta en español aquí. Updated November 2021 (updated file names). Overview The Nexus Environmental...

Debris is a mixture of building waste and rubble, typically resulting from damaged and demolished buildings and infrastructure. This waste stream can include: Building and infrastructure debris such...

The term e-waste covers items of all types of electrical and electronic equipment and its parts that have been discarded by the owner as waste without the intention of reuse. This diverse and...