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Deforestation in Haiti
ReplyDeletehttp://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/Bright-Green/2010/0120/After-the-earthquake-Haiti-s-deforestation-needs-attention
Hey Everyone,
ReplyDeleteMy name is Laura C., and I’m an Education major. Reading this article made me sad. Many people right now are focusing solely on the destruction caused by the earthquake in Haiti, and I wonder how many people know about this other issue, the chronic deforestation, that may have intensified the effect of the earthquake. This article offered many probable solutions to this problem. My question is, are they merely suggesting solutions, or are they acting on these suggestions, and making things happen? The excerpt from the article had me thinking: “Poverty coupled with population growth are two factors driving Haiti's deforestation. If Haitians had fuel besides wood or charcoal to cook with, they'd probably use it. (This approach worked in the Dominican Republic.) If they had employment opportunities other than the charcoal trade, which supplies a meager income at best, they'd probably jump on it.” This makes sense to me, but what I’m wondering is if we’re doing anything about it. What can we do to help? Can we provide them with alternative fuel? Obviously we’re not having this same problem in the U.S., so what are we doing right that they’re doing wrong, and how can we help them change what they’re doing?
Bye for now,
Laura C.
Hi group, my name is Nathan T…Where do I begin? Jaguars,hmmm, can’t say I’ve ever seen one. Makes since on what this guy’s saying. Seems to me that the people sueing the Fish and Wildlife service are spoiled brats, wanting to have things their way. Why should we spend our money on taking something from it’s home to bring it to ours when it doesn’t belong here? It’ll waste more money then Peter on family guy does with his wacky antics….and on laura’s, yea, people forget about different things, some people like animals over other people….either way, both are international events and both need solutions. Seems that ALAN RABINOWITZ has answers and as he says, he’s working on solutions…personally I’m an isolationist, isn’t in my country, isn’t on my mind.
ReplyDeleteDon't take offense to that, those are my views and I'm not trying to pose them on any person. bye for now, Nathan T.
After reading a little bit about the earthquake that happened in Haiti. To me it’s hard to believe that the earthquake was so powerful to completely almost clear out 98% of the trees, that we haven’t had an earthquake this bad in over 200 years. I wonder if there is anything that we could do about this? Or is there anybody that we can help that got hurt by the earthquake?
ReplyDeleteCassie N.
Hello, what a terrible thing to happen in this already poor country. It's nice to know that people are willing to help. I agree with the approach of using the trees and the approach with recycled paper. How long will it take for the long term solution to become a reality?
ReplyDeleteHow will they be able to have better employment opportunities that will benefit instead of harm the environment in which they live? Lorraine M.
Hello group.
ReplyDeleteI am a little late to comment, but to start off, I’d like to pay credit to the thought brought upon by Laura C. I certainly wasn’t aware of this ‘environmental depression’ throughout this poor country. This is the first I have heard or read about anything to do with Haiti outside the issue with the recent earthquake. I remember hearing about the tragic mudslide there in 2004 though. Older and obviously more prone to take worldwide news into actual consideration, it’s interesting to me to learn that this earthquake and the mudslides have this deforestation problem to blame as well. What can we do? While still in disbelief from the destruction caused by the earthquake, I believe we are doing a well-rounded job with helping aid civilians in Haiti. Why don’t we bring a few more planes over there along with us? I was being frivolous of course, but I’m not saying it wouldn’t help. I think we could aid them with alternative fuel as well, at least until we can say that the environment is improved. And if the Dominican Republic is so rich in vegetation, granted it’s no cup of sugar, but help out a neighbor!
Matt H.
When I said "bring a few more planes over there along with us", I meant to say trees. Not planes.
ReplyDeleteHello my name is Cassie N and after reading what everybody as wrote about the terrible earthquake that hit in Haiti’s. I agree with Laura C about the earthquake that happened in Haiti’s, she asks the question what can we do to help? I believe that there is a lot there we can do to help the people over in Haiti’s. For an example I have heard at least 50 times people on the radio saying that we could donate money for them. So that the families in Haiti could start to build another house, and have food, water. These are thing that we all need to survive in life. I think that if only the people in Louisville got hit with a big earthquake that other people would help us out as well. That’s what I like about our counties is that everybody is willing to help everybody out, even if you don’t know them.
ReplyDeleteAnother thing is Lorraine M said how long will it take for the long term solution to become a reality? I think that it is already became reality, with people donating money to help them out and the fact that it as being all over the news. I also believe that the U.S. is doing a lot for them but we could always do more. I read on the The Washington Post that an estimated up to $14 BILLION was damaged. You can read more on this web site if you want too.
(http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyn/content/article/2010/02/16/AR2010021605745.html?hpid=topnews)
So in the case my question is how do we get more people to donate? And what would you do if that happened to you? Think about it…
Cassie N.
hey everyone,
ReplyDeleteI liked the ideas suggested by Matt H., especially the one about bringing over trees. Yes, it may seem frivolous, but with everything else we're providing the Haitins with after this tragedy, why not throw in a few trees? Im sure there are people who would be more than happy to go over and plant them. This small gesture may significantly help the Haitins. http://countrystudies.us/haiti/53.htm has even more information on this issue.
Hello, I also like the idea of planting and replenishing the environment. Maybe with the aid given, it would provide proper education for the population to renew itself, and to provide better job opportunities. Alternative fuels are also a good way to help.
ReplyDeleteHey everyone,
ReplyDeleteI found this pic to share with you all:
svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/.../haiti_still_web.jpg
this picture shows the drastic difference between Haiti and the neighboring Dominican Republic. On the left you have Haiti, completely bare of any forestation, and on the right you have the Dominican Republic, which still has rich forestation. The reason for this is Haiti's poor economy. They have a lack of energy sources, and have been forced to burn wood as fuel, leading to this chronic deforestation that is so much worse than the country right next to Haiti, the Dominican Republic.
hello everyone, after reading some comments about how we could help haiti, I found something that might give a few ideas. This website considers alternative energy sources www.treepower.org.
ReplyDeleteHello group.
ReplyDeleteI found a video on Youtube that reflects the economic status in Haiti. It has footage of how the people in Haiti really live and what their country looks like from a chopper ride above the mountains, etc. As you will hear in the video, these Haitians have nearly picked their own country apart with trees. Another comment you might notice is that living in this country is relevant to living on a garbage pile. It’s moving to watch this video all the way through. Also I wasn’t able to find the image that chariot18 posted but I found something quite like it I think for myself that shows the difference in Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
http://go2.wordpress.com/?id=725X1342&site=oglhaiti.wordpress.com&url=http%3A%2F%2Foglhaiti.files.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F11%2Fhaitidominicanboarder1.jpg
I would also like to acknowledge the thought brought upon by lorraine that the aid given by helping replenish the environment in Haiti will provide the proper education for the population to renew itself as well as provide better job opportunities.
Here is the link for the video on youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLmpFHSsGD0
Matt Heim.
I know that the earthquake that happened over in Haiti’s is really bad and upsetting and that Haiti’s is the poorest nation in the Western hemisphere. But if you look at it in a different point of view the United States as 3.5 million people that are homeless. Plus there is 2.6 million that just lost their jobs because of the economic. Over in Haiti’s there are 200,000 that are homeless now. I think that if we the United States can’t even take care of all the homeless people over here how can we afford to take care of Haiti's people. I just think that the U.S. needs to help out them before we start trying to help out the whole world.
ReplyDeleteI think that we could help Haiti’s out by planting more trees and plants over there for them. Because they cut down there trees so that they can stay alive, we could also help them by sending red cross over there and by helping them rebuild their homes and business. Just so we can try to give them a head start on restarting their life’s all over again. I good web site to go to would be http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/01/earthquake_in_haiti.html it tells you a little bit about Haiti’s and show you pictures of what is going on over there after the earthquake happened.
I really enjoyed learning how to blog and I think that it is really cool that you can chat with everybody all over the world. I also learn so much about Haiti’s and how difficult it must be to having a place to stay and call home and then having to start everything over. I feel really sorry for all of the people over there now. I hope that we get everything back to normal.
Thanks so much for reading my blogs about Haiti’s.
Seriously,
Cassie N.