The Handbook aims to raise awareness and provide basic safety information concerning the threat of landmines, ERW and IEDs to organizations and individuals working in affected areas.

The nature of mine and explosive remnants of war (ERW)1 risk education (RE) has changed radically since the programmes of mine awareness in Afghanistan in the late 1980s. It is now generally accepted that stand-alone projects that merely pass on safety messages through a variety of one-way

Learning how to avoid landmine and Explosive Remnant of War (ERW) accidents is the responsibility of each individual travelling to a mine / ERW affected area. Employers however, also have a responsibility to ensure that everyone receives proper safety training before they commence working in their new environment.

Humanitarian mine clearance aims to clear land so that civilians can return to their homes and their everyday routines without the threat of landmines and unexploded remnants of war (ERW), which include unexploaded ordnance and abandoned explosive ordnance.

Mine and ERW - GICHD

Remnants of War (ERW). Imprecise demarcation of suspected areas can lead to inappropriate allocation of time and resources for mine action tasks. A substantial proportion of areas targeted for mine clearance do not contain ERW and do not require systematic clearance. In a …

The term mine/ERW risk education (MRE) refers to activities hat seek to reduce the risk of t death and injury from mines and ERW, (including unexploded submunitions), by raising - awareness and promoting safe behaviour. These activities include information exchange with

ERW Clearance, Risk Education, Development. Abstract. Mine action programmes often are not linked early and strongly enough with key development actors. Despite the availability of extensive research documenting the need for greater coordination between mine action and development organisations, concrete guidance for practitioners and policy ...

Explosive remnants of war (ERW) are all explosive ordnance that have been used or fired but have failed to explode as intended (unexploded ordnance or UXO) or that have been abandoned (abandoned unexploded ordnance or AXO).2 They can be hard to detect, have no consistent shape, are often unstable, and can detonate if touched or disturbed, or ...

Mine Action: The objective of mine action is to reduce the risk from landmines and ERW to a level where people can live safely. This means economic, social and health development can occur free from the constraints imposed by landmine and ERW contamination, and the victims needs can be addressed.