Haiti is now almost completely deforested

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I thought you two girls had agreed to a ceasefire. Why restart the hostilities now?

 

[Nilgiri]

I thought you two girls had agreed to a ceasefire. Why restart the hostilities now?

It sort of amusing to watch lol.

 

[PakSword]

If you want to see just how destructive runaway deforestation can be to a major landmass, you need look no further than Haiti. The Caribbean nation was once covered in trees, with 60 percent of its landmass forested. Today, the country's original primary wooded areas are almost barren. It's an environmental catastrophe of immense proportions, reports Phys.org.

Now a new analysis of how this deforestation is affecting the animal species that once called these jungles home is equally as stark. Researchers are calling it a "mass extinction."


"Species extinction is usually delayed until the last habitats are gone, but mass extinction appears imminent in a small number of tropical countries with low forest cover," said S. Blair Hedges, one of the project collaborators. "And mass extinction is already happening in Haiti because of deforestation."

The project found that Haiti's primary forest — untouched original forest — has been depleted by 99 percent. It's almost entirely wiped out. What remains — a few scant tracks of jungle on some of the nation's mountains — is expected to be demolished within the next two decades, given current projections.

A study in contrasts
Perhaps the most alarming visual of the problem comes from satellite imagery along Haiti's border with the Dominican Republic, a nation with more sustainable forestry practices. On the Dominican side, it's lush and green. On Haiti's, a treeless brown wasteland. The stark contrast follows the border precisely.

The world's most deforested nation, Haiti, had only just completely deforested the first of its 50 mountains in 1986. Today, 42 of those mountains are bare-naked. This has led to soil erosion and devastating floods, such as the flooding spawned by Tropical Storm Jeanne in 2004, which killed over 3,000 people.

Endemic species, of course, also have no where left to go. Habitat loss has decimated the biodiversity once found in Haiti, and researchers fear that scores of reptiles, amphibians and other vertebrates are, or are soon to be, driven to extinction.

"Our data suggest a general model of biodiversity loss from deforestation applicable to other areas as well," Hedges said. "This model of biodiversity loss pertains to any geographic region that contains primary forest and endemic species. Time-series analysis of primary forest can effectively test and monitor the quality of areas designed for biodiversity protection, providing the data to address the greatest threat to terrestrial biodiversity."

https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/w...tories/haiti-now-almost-completely-deforested

99% deforestation. These thugs are crazy

@Nilgiri @Nilu Pule @Desert Fox @django

Feeling sad for the species... But I think they can move to Dominican Republic right? Or are there species which only thrive in Haiti?

 

[Nilgiri]

But I think they can move to Dominican Republic right?

Dominican rep. enforces the border very strongly I have heard. They do let Haitian migrant workers in, but they must have working permits etc and are not allowed to settle in the country.

 

[PakSword]

Dominican rep. enforces the border very strongly I have heard. They do let Haitian migrant workers in, but they must have working permits etc and are not allowed to settle in the country.

Lolll.. I was taking about animal species...

 

[halupridol]

Lolll.. I was taking about animal species...

He too was talking about thm baboons
Well as long as they can blame it on the white man meanwhile leeching of a white country,,,they dont need trees.

 

[Mugwop]

Sheboon, plant some trees u KANG.

Unlike your trash haiti, our forest coversge has increased to 24%. That too in a country with a huge desert. While you were busy twerkin n trappin like ghetto queens do, we were improving ourselves.

https://india.mongabay.com/2018/02/...st-and-tree-cover-has-increased-by-1-percent/

LOL! I don't know what's funnier indians praising themselves or 1 percent achievement
How exactly are you improving yourselves like this?

Kutti kay puttar you still haven't improved your spelling

He too was talking about thm baboons
Well as long as they can blame it on the white man meanwhile leeching of a white country,,,they dont need trees.

Actually they fought off the white man while indians were doing this

 

[halupridol]

LOL! I don't know what's funnier indians praising themselves or 1 percent achievement
How exactly are you improving yourselves like this?

Kutti kay puttar you still haven't improved your spelling


Actually they fought off the white man while indians were doing this

First stop acting like a triggered baboon n keep ur toilet tongue to urself n ur circle,,,my rply was for anothr poster,,why quote me,,i have no interest in engaging u,,now shoo,go away.

 

[Mugwop]

First stop acting like a triggered baboon n keep ur toilet tongue to urself n ur circle,,,my rply was for anothr poster,,why quote me,,i have no interest in engaging u,,now shoo,go away.

Wow! man your way of writing will make sakra look like a genius
I know it's hard for you to spell and even more difficult to read but this is a Pakistani forum.
So maybe you and your bend over buddy sakra should get lost and keep this forum clean.

 

[Rusty]

The excuse every black nation has made... Its the "White man's fault".

Look at Japan for example, fought with the West to the bitter end post WWII. Then got up and rebuilt itself through hard work and dedication.

The Africans and even other Muslim nations... Post independence has allowed for corrupt rulers and corruption within then accused the West of taking advantage of them.

Even if the West did, it's because they themselves are corrupt. Nobody can destroy you unless you allow them to.

I agree with you, but Hati is actually different.

The European powers actually got together in the 1700s when Hati fight for it's freedom and "made an example of it" so other slaves would not revolt.

 

[Zibago]

you forgot the photographs

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A land like this would be forested without any government intervention if you just keep people away

 

[Nilgiri]

Lolll.. I was taking about animal species...

LOL...yeah Haiti had some very good biodiversity, so I would imagine there was species specific to only their country (western side of Hispaniola island). Dunno how those are doing.

 

[Zibago]

It sort of amusing to watch lol.

Da gang

That's no excuse.
Pakistan is in state of war especially North western Pakistani province KPK and yet we planted 1 billion trees there in the middle of chaos. Where there is a will there is a way...

And we are an arid country where survival rate for plantation is low

 

[Nilgiri]

A land like this would be forested without any government intervention if you just keep people away

But you need some semblance of working govt to do exactly that...keep people away from stuff ....its not like these are extremely well educated and disciplined libertarians here.

 

[Zibago]

But you need some semblance of working govt to do exactly that...keep people away from stuff ....its not like these are extremely well educated and disciplined libertarians here.

UN is wrapping thing up too early Haiti is still not safe for civilians the UN peacekeepers need to stay here longer

keep people away from stuff .

People in our parts are very stubborn fortunately our pulas knows what to do