Haiti, one of the world’s most deforested countries, launches its first national tree-planting program in May this year. The Martelly administration government calls the effort “a big signal” that Haiti is determined to reverse environmental degradation and address one of the main causes of poverty on the island-nation.
Stripped of 98 percent of its trees, Haiti suffers deforestation’s impoverishing side effects, like soil erosion, poor agricultural productivity, and
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