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Environment
How UNHCR and partners seek to minimize the environmental impact of refugee operations.
Environment in the News
- Eastern Chad: UNHCR and refugees fight to hold back the desert
- Thousands of Iraqis benefit from UNHCR clean-up campaign in Baghdad
- UNHCR partner wins green award for pioneering ethanol stove
- International recognition for clean, safe ethanol stove used by refugee
- World Environment Day: Roma scrap collectors get by in Montenegro camp
Climate Change
The earth's climate is changing, and that concerns us as it could lead to displacement.
Refugees and the Environment
Large populations of forcibly displaced people can damage the environment.
See how UNHCR and partner organisations seek to minimise the environmental impacts of refugee operations.
Safe Schools and Learning Environment
UNHCR Guide on how to prevent and respond to violence in refugee schools
FRAME Toolkit
FRAME - Framework for Assessing, Monitoring and Evaluating the Environment in Refugee-related Operations.
Geography
Refugee issues can give a human face to lessons on the environment, population studies and economic development. Find out how.
Teaching About Refugees, Geography
Refugee issues can give a human face to lessons on:
Mapping: Location of refugees worldwide; origin of refugees; distribution within the local population.
Spatial organization: Refugee camps and local integrated settlements; site planning.
The environment: Massive outflows have consequences for the environment of the region they settle in; the ecological balance of the area can be put at risk.
Population: Within areas such as the Commonwealth of Independent States, Africa or Asia, or from the South to the North, the complex mosaic of different ethnic groups can be illustrated with stories about families who have been forced to flee ethnic fighting.
Economic development: Refugees contribute to the life of the community in which they integrate; they may bring initiative, skills and manpower which are keys to the development process of some areas.
Poverty and developing countries: There is a correlation between refugee problems and development, and it is no coincidence that the largest refugee populations are found in the poorest parts of the world.
| 9-11 year olds | Refugees - Who, Where and Why? |
| 12-14 year olds | Living Conditions in Refugee Camps in Africa |
| 15-18 year olds | Internally Displaced People |
