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Focus on
 The process and results of the REA
 How the results were incorporated onto post disaster
recovery planning.
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The Earthquake
• 27 February 2010
• 8.8 magnitude
earthquake and
tsunami
• Relatively low death
toll but significant
damage
• Environmental
impacts
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Rapid Environmental
Impact Assessment
• Standard REA process
(http://www.preventionweb.net/english/pro
fessional/publications/v.php?id=8267)
• May/June 2010
• Team of Chileans from
WWF Chile, national
government and
Antofagasta Minerals
• 2 advisors from WWF/US
• Site visits and interviews
with survivors,
government officials, local
organizations
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Results
• Disaster Debris Management :
need for good practice
management
• Transitional Shelter: fire
hazard, run-off and local
flooding , fuel wood access,
improved waste water
management
• Sewage Management: repair
damaged facilities, conduct a
seismic assessment facilities
elsewhere and improve
sewage management as part
of recovery efforts,
• Water Supplies: Assess
damage to water supplies and
define risk reduction options
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• Geophysical Changes: Remap
marine resources, beaches,
harbors and river outlets
• Access to Land for Housing:
Consider mitigation measures
where hazardous locations are
used for re-housing
• Sustainable Natural Resource
Use for Reconstruction: Assess
overall environmental impacts of
recovery and reconstruction.
• Environmental Review: Special
environmental impact review
procedure for recovery efforts to
identify positive and negative
trade-offs of recovery plans
• Coordination: Improved
coordination of environmentrelated issues
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C. Kelly
[havedisastercallkelly@gmail.
com]
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