The Reflections series synthesizes lessons from past evaluations to support organizational learning about what works and what doesn't. This paper examines past evaluations to provide seven lessons on environment and natural resource management support to countries in crisis:

1. Environment projects benefit from broad stakeholder engagement to manage expectations, utilize local knowledge, and integrate rights and culture of local populations.
2. Engaging the private sector with attention to conflict of interest creates opportunity for long-term sustainability of environmental interventions.
3. Building effective crisis management and recovery systems requires an integrated and targeted approach to capacity and institutional strengthening.
4. Environment and natural resources programmes taking a value chain approach, including encompassing ecotourism benefits, are likely to achieve more sustainable results.
5. Adopting context-sensitive gender approaches and strengthening the resilience of women are crucial, especially in the aftermath of crises.
6. Leveraging national and local resources and capacities is important for the success of disaster risk management and climate change adaptation interventions in crisis contexts.
7. Addressing global and regional environmental issues requires a multi[1]country and multi-sectoral approach with high-level coordination and management