Deforestation in Haiti

"Deforestation in Haiti is a severe environemntal problem. In 1923, over 60% of Haiti's land was forested; by 2006, less than 2% was. " http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deforestation_in_Haiti

Roughly two-thirds of Haiti's employment are in agriculture, it is due to the lack of education and technological resource. However, the environment in Haiti is very difficult for vegetation to grow due to soil erosion and under cultivation. In a result of that, in spite such a large population are in the agriculture industry, it only produces one-fourth of the GDP.

One major caused of deforestation is that most of the Haitian depend on wood and charcoal as the primary fuel source. While there was very few regulations on cutting trees, the amount of trees decline drastically.

Deforestation also lower the capacity of protection when storm and hurricane comes