When

Christopher

Columbus arrived

in Haiti it was

98% forested

Today’s total

forest cover is

3.8%

The French

colonists

cleared the

mahogany

trees from the

forest for

profit The rural

farmers have

used charcoal

for cooking

It is said that

Haitians do not

cut down trees

that provide

food but

desperation

makes for bad

decisions

But there are people hard at work

planting trees for the future.

Nurseries are

being established

seedlings prosper from careful

nurture

Many

projects

are well

advanced

and trees

are thriving

Without trees the

land dries up, the

farmers leave the

land for cities

without jobs or a

place to live.

Without

trees there

is more

poverty

more

disease and

more death

Trees are Haiti’s

hope for a healthy

sustaining future

http://www.foodforthepoor.org/help/tr

ees.html

http://www.treesftf.org/projects/haiti.htm

Jatropha nursery in Kaffrine. We planted over 35,000 jatropha plants in 2007, and will be planting many more in coming years

http://www.friendsofhas.org/

Support trees for Haiti

Some projects do not

appear to be well

tended