Deforestation

Sean Penn to Make Haiti a Model of Forestation with "Here Come the Trees"

During the latest climate conference in Paris, Sean Penn, the American actor and founder of 'Jenkins-Penn Haitian Relief Organization', has invited world leaders to help preserve the forests of the world. Of the many countries in the world susceptible to risks from the effects of climate change and human induced hazards, Haiti is one among the most vulnerable nations exposed to threats of sea level rising and fragile ecosystem and a regular victim of flooding, droughts, landslides, hurricanes and earthquakes. With limited institutional capacity, it is exposed to the direct impacts of climate change. Penn wants to make Haiti 'a model of reforestation' through a 10-year plan. On September 30, 2015, the Republic of Haiti has submitted its new climate action plan to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). 'Intended Nationally Determined Contribution' (INDC) promise has been submitted by 114 nations before the U.N. climate conference in Paris on December 11, 2015. The Paris agreement will come into effect in 2020.

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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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