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Haiti - USA : Bill to aid reforestation efforts in Haiti 23/05/2011 13:00:14
In the 1920s, more than 60 percent of Haiti was forested, but by the end of 2006, less than 2 percent of the forest remained. However, the widespread poverty of recent decades has accelerated deforestation. 80 percent of Haiti's population lives below the poverty line and too often forests are being clear-cut so the land can be converted to small subsistence farming. Tragically, the resulting soil erosion lowers the land’s productivity, perpetuates poverty and accelerates deforestation. Soil erosion also worsens droughts and damages fresh water sources. Durbin's bill would reverse these trends by requiring the U.S. government to engage with Haiti to develop a sustainable, market-based plan to save and re-grow its tropical forests. Such a program will provide technical assistance, support, and capacity-building expertise to Haiti to manage in a measurable, reportable, and verifiable way its conservation and reforestation efforts and will assist Haiti in developing proposals that:
The bill also authorizes debt-for-nature swaps for Haiti. Under this mechanism, a nongovernmental conservation group would work with the Haitian government and international creditors to trade Haiti's international debt for revenue. These NGOs would use these funds to pursue large-scale conservation efforts. Groups such as Conservation International, World Wildlife Fund, and The Nature Conservancy have successfully used this mechanism globally to save tropical forests. HL/ HaitiLibre
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