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28/03/2013 Haiti to plant millions of trees to boost forests and help tackle poverty
Government-backed campaign aims to double Caribbean country's forest cover by 2016 ... 		The Guardian

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01/11/2012 Hurricane Sandy exposes Haiti’s agriculture and environment woes
Years of neglect of agriculture and disaster prevention in Haiti, coupled with the government’s ... 		Reuters AlertNet

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30/08/2012 Haiti park standoff highlights conflict over land
La Visite National Park, Haiti — The police officers and other officials showed up in the mountain ... 		Knox News, Tennessee, US

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21/02/2012 USAID supports new Haiti project for clean cooking solutions
Port-au-Prince, Haiti - The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is aiming to establish ... 		USAID (US Agency for International Development)

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10/12/2011 Why the Haiti earthquake may not have been a natural disaster
Deforestation and extreme weather may later cause earthquakes, scientists believe. ... 		The Independent, UK

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13/01/2011 Haiti's cycle of calamity
Reporter William Wheeler talks with Haitians and aid workers about the fear of storms and the disastrous ... 		National Geographic News Watch

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01/01/2011 Tropical storms and deforestation may be underlying cause of Haiti’s earthquake
Jan. 12 will mark the one-year anniversary of Haiti’s devastating earthquake. The catastrophic ... 		Palm Beach Daily News, Florida

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26/01/2010 Haiti's few trees at risk as survivors flee to rural areas
Port-au-Prince, Haiti - The number of people leaving Haiti's earthquake-ravaged cities for rural ... 		Environment News Service

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20/01/2010 After the earthquake: Haiti's deforestation needs attention
As Haiti is rebuilt after the earthquake, attention should be paid to its environmental problems, especially ... 		The Christian Science Monitor

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13/01/2010 Opinion: Earthquake exposes Haiti's silent crisis
The brutal earthquake that struck Haiti this week has unmasked the silent crisis of desperation and poverty ... 		Sphere

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09/11/2009 On environmental brink, Haiti scrambles for a lifeline
Port-au-Prince, Haiti - A hard rain can be deadly here. A family of four was reported killed late last ... 		The New York Times

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11/08/2009 10 countries with the highest deforestation rates in the world
Hopefully it comes as no great surprise to you that deforestation is a major problem in many areas of ... 		Tree Hugger

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13/07/2009 Agencies to halt illegal timber along Dominican-Haitian border
Santo Domingo - Environment minister Jaime David Fernandez Mirabal and Border Security Corps (Cesfront) ... 		Dominican Today

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09/04/2009 Shrinking forests: the many costs
In early December 2004, Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo ordered the military and police ... 		Prism Webcast News

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19/06/2004 The great flood myth
Just about every time there is a major flood anywhere in the world, small farmers and loggers are held ... 		New Scientist

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31/05/2004 Lessons from a Caribbean disaster
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