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FRIDE:
HAITI: FROM THE "PEARL OF THE ANTILLES" TO DESOLATION - BY
NANCY ROC 27/09/2008
(MaximsNewsNetwork)
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UNITED
NATIONS - / MaximsNewsNetwork / 27
September 2008 -- The
environmental crisis in Haiti is extremely serious: deforestation, land
erosion, water shortages, the lack of urban cleanliness, the loss of
biodiversity, urbanisation, growing shantytowns, and demographic pressure -
all of these factors serve to increase the vulnerability of the Haitian
population.
The situation is almost irresolvable: the lack of energy and electricity and
the widespread use of wood-charcoal, combined with a lack of public policies,
indicate that the environment is clearly not a government priority.
To better understand the ecological catastrophe striking Haiti today, this
commentary proposes a global, holistic or systematic analysis, taking into
account the multiple factors that have lead to Haiti’s vulnerability, which
is likely to increase further due to the effects of climate change .
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Keywords
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author: Nancy Roc
Nancy
Roc has worked as a freelance journalist for 23 years. She is the author of
three socio-political works and hundreds of articles published in different
newspapers and on different websites
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