Post-Conflict Environmental Assessments [Infographic]
Publisher: Environmental Law Institute and United Nations Environment Programme
Author(s): ELI and UNEP
Date: 2015
Topics: Assessment, Monitoring and Evaluation, Programming
The purpose of assessments are to help facilitate the peacebuilding process by identifying early on the impacts, risks, and opportunities in a post-conflict area. Choosing a context appropriate type of assessment is a crucial element to the overall. Outlined in the infographic are the different components involved in assessments. Assessments are vital as they have the potential influence policy decisions. Assessments propose action plans or programming opportunities that would advance the post-conflict state towards the pathway of recovery, resilience, and peacebuilding.
This infographic was produced in collaboration with students from Dickinson College.
Sources:
“Post-Conflict Needs Assessments,” United Nations Development Group. Web Page. Available at http://pcna.undg.org/.United Nations Environment Programme, Rwanda: From Post-Conflict to Environmentally Sustainable Development. 2011, p. 48-56. Available at http://postconflict.unep.ch/publications/UNEP_Rwanda.pdf.Jensen, David, Evaluating the Impact of UNEP’s Post-Conflict Environmental Assessments. 2012, p. 18. Available at http://www.environmentalpeacebuilding.org/assets/Documents/LibraryItem_000_Doc_061.pdf.Policy Brief #2: “Assessing and Restoring Natural Resources in Post-Conflict Peacebuilding,” Environmental Law Institute and the United Nations Environment Programme. 2013, p.1,3. Available at http://www.environmentalpeacebuilding.org/assets/Documents/LibraryItem_000_Doc_132.pdf.