Environmental Assessment

Environmental Assessment: Cross Sectoral Tools and Operational Guidance

A. Environmental Guidelines for Small Scale Activities in Africa (2005) - This guide covers a range of common small-scale interventions and is a good first step when designing a program.

B. Environmental Budgeting Presentation - REA provides a means to define and prioritize potential environmental impacts in disaster situations. This PowerPoint demonstrates the budget expenditures needed to implement conditions presented in the Development Food Assistance Program Initial Environmental Examination (IEE).

C. UNHCR FRAME Toolkit: Module V – Environmental Indicator Framework -  This tool is a framework for assessing, monitoring, and evaluating the environment in refugee-related operations.

D. Environmental Threat and Opportunity Assessment

1. Example

E. Biodiversity Assessment Tracking Systems -   The Biodiversity Analysis and Technical Support (BATS) for USAID/Africa is a two-year program that will provide analytical and technical assistance to USAID/Africa and support its operating units in the design and implementation of development, security, and humanitarian assistance activities in Africa, in a manner that conserves natural resources and biodiversity, including tropical forest and other critical habitats.

1. Brochure

Environmental Assessment: Post Disaster Setting

A. Rapid Environmental Assessment (REA) - REA provides a means to define and prioritize potential environmental impacts in disaster situations.

B. World Wildlife Fund: Green Recovery and Reconstruction Toolkit (GRRT) - The GRRT helps make communities stronger and more resilient by making environmental issues an integral part of the recovery process.

C. The Sphere Project - The Sphere Project is an initiative to define and uphold the standards by which the global community responds to the plight of people affected by disasters, principally through a set of guidelines that are set out in the Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Disaster Response (commonly referred to as the Sphere Handbook.

D. Case Studies

1. Emergency Preparedness and Response Solutions (EMPRs)

• Portable Water and Sanitation
• Agricultural Development
• Debris Removal and Disposal
• Economic Institutional Development
• Flood Control and Drainage
• Infrastructure
• Irrigation and Soil Conservation
• Haiti Rapid Environmental Assessment  

E. Environmental Management Forms