Haiti
courtney
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20 Jun 2011
Coastal and marine resources are managed by integrated policies, incorporating watershed and coastal areas. There is also a trans-boundary cooperation project in integrated management of watersheds and coastal areas between Haiti and its neighbouring country Dominican Republic. Making up the eastern side of Hispaniola, the Haitian coastline covers 1535 km before giving way to a relatively narrow continental shelf of 5000 km2. Like other Caribbean island countries, Haiti is rich in coastal and...
courtney
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20 Jun 2011
The rapid increase in migration of the rural population to cities in recent years has aggravated the situation of waste management in Haiti, with the elimination of solid waste being one of the major challenges facing the municipal government. Household waste and garbage in Haiti is not treated by reliable and technologically approved systems. There are no organized landfills at the national level, with waste collection generally being the responsibility of the town halls, and is carried out to...
courtney
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20 Jun 2011
Haiti has recently signed the agreement to join the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency (CDEMA) seeking aid and cooperation mechanism in the area of disaster management at the regional level. Located in the Caribbean basin, cyclones, floods, droughts, and earthquakes together with tsunamis’ are the main natural disasters to impact Haiti. The country was severely devastated following the 7.0 magnitude earthquake on January 12 of 2010. Haiti’s high level of poverty, combined with...
courtney
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20 Jun 2011
Haiti submitted its First National Report to the Conference of Parties (COP) in 1998, and its Initial National Communication to the UNFCCC in 2001. Haiti is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the North and by the Caribbean Sea to the West and the South. Due to high sensitivity to climatic stress, the agricultural sector is vulnerable to climate changes, with soils and water resources, along with coastal zones likely to be adversely affected by climate change. The dramatic reduction of...
