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Tropical storm Jeanne skimmed the north coast of Haiti, leaving 3,006 people dead in flooding and mudslides, mostly in the city of Gonaïves. [3] Earlier that year in May, floods killed over 3,000 people on Haiti's southern border with the Dominican Republic. [4] Haiti was again pummeled by tropical storms in late August and early September 2008.
Deforestation is a complex and intertwined environmental and social problem in Haiti. The most-recent national research on charcoal estimates that approximately 946,500 metric tons of charcoal are produced and consumed annually in Haiti, making it the second-largest agricultural value chain in the country and representing approximately 5% of ...
Other environmental issues, such as decreases in precipitation and more severe natural disasters, will likely arise in Haiti as a result of climate change. Experts agree that Haiti needs to adopt new policies to address both the issues that already exist and to prepare for the effects of climate change .
Haiti is still trying to recover from a 2010 earthquake that its government said killed more than 300,000. The U.S. Agency for International Development has provided more than $2 billion to fund ...
Haitians deserve the freedom, dignity and respect that comes with a secure and prosperous nation.
The problem has multiple causes, including the proliferation of shantytowns and the absence of a comprehensive urban development policy. Global warming is one of the main causes of this problem, [ 1 ] faced with one of the most disastrous economic, social and political situations on the planet, Haiti is unable to implement an urban development ...
Rank Region HDI (2022) Medium human development 1: Ouest (include Port-au-Prince metropolitan area): 0.582 2: Nord: 0.556 - Haiti (average) 0.552: Low human development 3 Nord-Ouest: 0.527
The sociopolitical climate in Haiti has made it challenging for her and the other athletes who spoke with NBC News to connect with their birthplace, a reality many in the Haitian diaspora face ...