This report and its findings are based on participatory research in which more than
ten experts and almost a thousand Palestinians from the Gaza Strip participated.
The research aims to identify potential environmental impacts of the 2014 war
on Gaza (Operation Protective Edge). The assessment was conducted by a team of
eight researchers, mostly new environmental science and environmental engineering
graduates led by an environmental scientist.
As part of this study, 12 experts representing different governmental, educational,
and non-governmental organizations interested in the issue of environment were
interviewed. Additionally, 93 focus group sessions were conducted in 25 localities
around the Gaza Strip in which 982 people participated. In addition, air samples were
gathered from ten locations around the Gaza Strip to investigate potential air pollution
with particulate matters and lead. Some municipalities’ staff members were brought in
to investigate increased water pollution claims, and field trips were conducted to some
communities to investigate claims of changes in the terrestrial ecosystems around the
Strip.
In the following sections, we will discuss both the immediate and delayed potential
environmental impacts of the 2014 war “Operation Protective Edge” on the Gaza Strip. We will describe the assessment methodology in details. Then we will list and discuss
the results of the outcomes of this assessment. We will later recommend further investigations
and assessment work in addition to some interventions to assist those
who suffered the most from the environmental impacts of the war as identified by this
assessment.
Full Report - 80 pp.
http://www.ewash.org/sites/default/files/inoptfiles/WAREIA_report_final-2.pdf
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