1. Environmental Country Profiles to inform Shelter & Settlement programming
July 2018
IFRC. Victor Lacken. A man carries a pile of wood in Balukhali camp, Bangladesh. The camp houses people who have fled violence in neighbouring Rakhine State, Myanmar

2. Objective
To inform environmentally sustainable shelter programming by making key information about environmental considerations, impacts, concerns and opportunities relevant to shelter and settlements programming available and accessible to practitioners as a preparedness measure
Port au Prince, Haiti. Credit: Amanda George, 2010

3. Content 3 - 5 countries where IFRC/NS is lead of the Shelter Cluster
First selected: Bangladesh and Vanuatu
Information on the selected contexts relevant to shelter programming including:
Ecosystems and protected areas
Environmental degradation and climate change risks
Legal frameworks/laws/regulations
Natural resource practices
Shelter building practices and materials
Resources and local contacts
Sudan. Worsened environmental impacts due to bad choice of camp location. Credit: UN Environment

4. Request for inputs
Types of content to include: Based on your experience, what information would have been useful to you in previous shelter operations? What info was missing related to environmental decision making?
Specific expertise on Bangladesh and Vanuatu: Do you have country specific resources or expertise to share?

5. More information: Mandy George (amandageorge@gmail.com)
Ela Serdaroglu
Leeanne Marshall