Thursday, December 20, 2007

Deforestation in Haiti



The plant cover in Haiti is at two percent a UN official stated Thursday. Haiti s in crisis. "There is a real urgency, and measures need to be taken..." Joel Boutroue said. Most people in Haiti live under the poverty level, on less than two dollars a day. They cook with wood fires and the result has been devastating on the country's trees and plants. Boutroue fears that without quick action on the part of government and international groups, the country will fall deeper into poverty.

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