Haiti         Forest land in Haiti fading fast http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/haiti/haiti-deforestation.htm Desperate to survive, Haitians are slowly gnawing away at their last one percent of forest, turning trees in state preserves into lumber, firewood and charcoal and burning the grounds to plant vegetable patches...Most of the remaining trees in Haiti, about 75 percent forested before Europeans arrived in 1492, are located in two parks and one forest reserve, including the La Visite Park and nearby Pine Forest Reserve, which together cover 77,000 acres high in the La Selle mountain range south of Port-au-Prince. The third park, Pic Macaya, sits on 13,500 acres in mountains to the southwest. Rebuilding Haiti's Forests http://www.heritagekonpa.com/Rebuilding%20Haiti%20Forest.htm The "Tree Of Hope For Haiti Project" is a socio-environmental initiative organized by "Artist Relief Funds For Haiti" ( a 501 (c) non-profit organization, Heritagekonpa Magazine, and L'organization Du Nord Ouest Pour Protection De L' environment in Port De- Paix . Our goal is to reverse deforestation and build self-sustaining communities in Haiti through innovative agricultural and preservation programs, which will include expansion of tree nurseries to local farmers. The project involves working in deforested areas with local residents in Haiti, both farmers and agronomists who are promoting economic sustainable development in the region through reforestation, environmental education, and wetland restoration. Haiti: Deforestation and Reforestation in Gill's TROPICAL FORESTS OF THE CARIBBEAN http://www.webster.edu/~corbetre/haiti/misctopic/deforestation/gill.htm  Forest land in Haiti fading fast; natural resource nudged to the brink, Posted August 5, 2003, BY JANE REGAN Special to The Herald.  http://www.wehaitians.com/forest%20land%20in%20haiti%20fading%20fast.html  Haiti Deforestation Rates and Related Forestry Figures  http://rainforests.mongabay.com/deforestation/2000/Haiti.htm Haiti 3.8% —or about 105,000 hectares—of Haiti is forested. Change in Forest Cover: Between 1990 and 2000, Haiti lost an average of 700 hectares of forest per year. The amounts to an average annual deforestation rate of 0.60%. Between 2000 and 2005, the rate of forest change increased by 21.6% to 0.73% per annum. In total, between 1990 and 2005, Haiti lost 9.5% of its forest cover, or around 11,000 hectares.  Bare forests left Haiti exposed, BY SUSANNAH A. NESMITH, Miami Herald http://www.heritagekonpa.com/Bare%20Forest%20Left%20Haiti%20Exposed.htm  The Plight of Haiti's Cloud Forest Birds: In the midst of political unrest, an expedition to one of Hispaniola's last remaining forests, By Andrea Townsend http://www.birds.cornell.edu/Publications/Birdscope/Autumn2006/haiti_plight.html Report by Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology.   Home