reconstruction

Example of modular housing in Tsunami reconstruction

The question of where to source the wood for reconstruction arose early in the emergency relief phase and has became a complex, dynamic and politically sensitive issue. FAO fielded the current consultant for a mission in Indonesia from 6 March to 6 April 2005 to collect wood supply and demand data and to provide advice to facilitate the supply of wood products from sustainably managed forests for reconstruction. The report from the consultancy provides the information collected on wood demand and supply for reconstruction

ERRA's mission: Plan, coordinate, monitor and regulate reconstruction \& rehabilitation activities in earthquake affected areas, encouraging self reliance via private public partnership and community participation, ensuring financial transparencies.

The Oct. 8 earthquake that flattened much of northern Pakistan has taught a lesson to mountain villagers that conservationists had long failed to instil: the importance of their forests.

Permanent shelters for tsunami survivors in India's Andaman islands do not reflect local needs and threaten to undermine the traditional way of life of indigenous people, a report said on Friday.

...the Aceh-Nias Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Agency (BRR), World Wide Fund for Nature Indonesia (WWF), and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) hosted a "Marketplace for Sustainably-Sourced Timber" in Medan, Indonesia on July 5-6, 2006.

A recent report by Greenomics Indonesia revealed some very interesting facts about who exactly is to blame for the delays affecting the reconstruction process in Aceh.

A group of NGOs have criticised the Indian government for not involving island victims of the 2004 tsunami in their rehabilitation process.

WWF is partnering in the United States with the American Forest \& Paper Association (AF\&PA) and Conservation International (CI) to send responsibly-sourced timber to Aceh.

A quarter of the 50,000 homes built for victims of the 2004 tsunami in Indonesia’s Aceh province are of questionable quality and many will have to be rebuilt...

Includes info about bamboo and wood reconstruction in Pakistan.

Drawing on initial field evaluations of Catholic Relief Services (CRS)’s self-help shelter programme, this article explores one approach to maximising local ingenuity to meet priority shelter needs.

Wood shortage frustrates those who who are trying rebuild in remote areas.

This study will discuss the assessment of the need for imported timber in each district/municipality in the Province of Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam (NAD), covering: (a) construction of accommodation barracks, (b) construction of low-cost healthy housing, (c) construction of schools, (d) construction of public facilities such as hospitals, public health clinics, and houses of worship, and (e) the supply of fishing fleets, including the specification required for imported timber for Aceh. The study will highlight on the potential threats to Aceh’s forests affected by the timber requirements for Aceh’s reconstruction. It will also discuss the facilities and any import dispensations that the Indonesian Government may grant to support the aid timber import that will assist in Aceh’s reconstruction.

...Garras explained that UNHCR's policy was to support the Indonesian economy by buying all the timber for the project in-country.