Environment

In 2013, President Michel Martelly proposed at the Independence Day celebrations that 2013 is to be dedicated as the year of environment and agriculture. The Haitian president made the promise that he wants Haiti to depend on itself for at least 70 percent of the food consumed in the country. He insisted that the environment will be one of his top priorities for the remaining years in office.

Among his priorities related to the environment, President Michel Martelly wants to reduce the environmental vulnerability of Haiti to natural disasters as well as boost agricultural production to reduce dependence on food from outside the country

The president wants each and every Haitian Haitian to plant at least one tree as civic contribution to a better resistance to natural disasters.

To commemorate the 209th anniversary of Haiti's independence in his official speech in Gonaives, the Haitian President said that the founding fathers signed the national independence, he is calling on Haitians to come together to rehabilitate the country's environment.

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What you are looking at is the Haitian Pine forest or as it is called in Haiti Forest des Pins. It is comprised of 32 000 hectares of pine which was reserved in the early twentieth century. However, today, Forest des Pins is only about 6000 today. Massive deforestation of the Pine Forest have affected Forest des Pins this in turn caused every year floods and landslides sometimes deadly terrain.

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Lake Azuei, a disaster in the making for region of Thomazeau, Ganthier, Fond Parisien, La Source and Route Nationale 8.
Lake Azuei is slowly and steadily swelling, destroying homes and farms as well as disrupting trade by occasionally blocking key cross-border highway. It has been expanding by about three feet per year for the past 10 years, growing to 52 square miles or 134 square kilometers

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The country of Haiti has a major environmental problem and this problem is dated back a long time.

In 1923 forests covered nearly 60 percent of Haiti. Sadly, today, less than two percent of the country is covered. As the country is moving to a more deserted land, it also has to deal with more and more problems from social to economic and even spiritual. The government of Haiti has not done much to deal with this coming crisis. One of the main problems is that the people continues to cut trees as the main source of fuel.

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Here is a picture of Haiti Environment, a bird view. The country has been affected by deforestation, erosion, flood and many other issues that has affected its environment severely

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The Haitian government in cooperation with the United Nations are in the process of managing a flooding caused by Lake Azuei in the region of Thomazeau in Haiti. About 1,000 individuals need to be evacuated due to flooding. It has been reported so far just over fifty families in the region have agree to be relocated.

On Sunday, Lake Azuei also known as etang Saumatre which is located in the northeast part of Haiti started inundating several villages near Thomazeau. This problem has been made worst by the ongoing problem of deforestation and erosion in Haiti

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Here is a picture of a Haitian woman selling Charcoal for burning stove. This practice has contributed to the degradation of the Haitian environment by cutting the trees required to produce the Charcoal.

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This is the picture of an advocate for the environment in Haiti. Jean-Laurent Dieudonné is the Secretary of Communication of CRED. The organization has a plan to motivate and train school children in the region of Jacmel about the environment and ways in whic to protect it

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