Vendors sell vegetable charcoal at La Saline market in Port-au-Prince, Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2008. Nearly all of the 30 million trees planted in the 1980's with a US$22.8 million project by the U.S. Agency for International Development, have been cut down to make charcoal for cooking. Without trees to anchor the soil, erosion has reduced Haiti's scarce agricultural land, making the island more vulnerable to devastating floods each hurricane season.
Woodcutters saw a tree after they cut it down to be sold for lumber in Grand Colline, Haiti,Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2008. Nearly all of the 30 million trees planted in the 1980's with a US$22.8 million project by the U.S. Agency for International Development, have been cut down to make charcoal for cooking. Without trees to anchor the soil, erosion has reduced Haiti's scarce agricultural land, making the island more vulnerable to devastating floods each hurricane season.
A man holds a fruit tree sapling to be planted as part of a reforestation program called "Floresta" in Grand Colline, Haiti,Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2008. Nearly all of the 30 million trees planted in the 1980's with a US$22.8 million project by the U.S. Agency for International Development, have been cut down to make charcoal for cooking. Without trees to anchor the soil, erosion has reduced Haiti's scarce agricultural land, making the island more vulnerable to devastating floods each hurricane season.
A woman removes earth while working in an irrigation canal in preparation to reforest the land as part of the "Floresta" reforestation program in Grand Colline, Haiti,Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2008. Nearly all of the 30 million trees planted in the 1980's with a US$22.8 million project by the U.S. Agency for International Development, have been cut down to make charcoal for cooking. Without trees to anchor the soil, erosion has reduced Haiti's scarce agricultural land, making the island more vulnerable to devastating floods each hurricane season.
A worker holds his shovel as he takes a break from building a canal in preparation to reforest the land as part of the "Floresta" reforestation program in Grand Colline, Haiti,Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2008. Nearly all of the 30 million trees planted in the 1980's with a US$22.8 million project by the U.S. Agency for International Development, have been cut down to make charcoal for cooking. Without trees to anchor the soil, erosion has reduced Haiti's scarce agricultural land, making the island more vulnerable to devastating floods each hurricane season.
Deforested mountains are seen near Jacmel, in southern Haiti, Monday, Jan. 28, 2008. Nearly all of the 30 million trees planted in the 1980's with a US$22.8 million project by the U.S. Agency for International Development, have been cut down to make charcoal for cooking. Without trees to anchor the soil, erosion has reduced Haiti's scarce agricultural land, making the island more vulnerable to devastating floods each hurricane season.
A worker holds a pickaxe while taking a break from building an irrigation canal in preparation to reforest the land as part of the "Floresta" reforestation program in Grand Colline, Haiti,Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2008. Nearly all of the 30 million trees planted in the 1980's with a US$22.8 million project by the U.S. Agency for International Development, have been cut down to make charcoal for cooking. Without trees to anchor the soil, erosion has reduced Haiti's scarce agricultural land, making the island more vulnerable to devastating floods each hurricane season.
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