Solutions for Deforestation Blocked by Government Incompetence

Zile Ayiti te yon fwa rekouvèr pa forè. Peyi etranje yo, fe kadejak sou peyi a pandan plizie deseni. Pandan epòk apre Amerik te fonde, forè te diminye 5%, ak pandan okipasyon Franse, yo te diminye yon lòt 45%. Le ou rive nan 1956, sèlman 20% rete. Rive nan fen 1980 yo, pousantaj la tonbe nan 2% kite nan tèren forè.

Causes are many as to why disappearance of forests have proliferated in Haiti. The Spanish occupation robbed the island of quality wood, and France and the U.S. plundered forest cover also. In addition, large, poor Haitian families felled trees for sale for communities' fuel needs.

Kòz Yo anpil. Okipasyon Panyòl vòlè zile a bwa bon jan kalite, ak Lafrans ak Etazini piye kouvèti a forè tou. Anplis de sa, pòv fanmi Ayisyen koupe pyebwa pou vann pou Besyin gaz.

Finally, the Haiti government intervened to penalize ransacking of forestland. But they were not effective in stopping razing of forest cover. The government then partnered with the church and aid organizations to replenish the scarred land. Although they set up nurseries and planted seedlings, only a small percentage took root.

Finalman, gouvènman Ayiti entèveni pou penalize nenpòt moun kap koupe bwa. Men, yo pa t 'efikas nan kanpe degradasyon nan kouvèti forè. Gouvènman an Lè sa a, tèt-ansanm ak legliz ak òganizasyon èd nan ranplir peyi a. Malgre ke yo mete kanpe pepinyè ak plante plant, se sèlman yon ti pousantaj ki pran rasin

The reason behind this failure is widespread soil erosion. Approximately 15,000 acres of top soil sloughs off during the rainy season, which decreases farmland output, intensifies droughts, and causes desertification.

Echèk toupatou. Apeprè 15,000 kawo tè nan boubye tè tèt koupe pandan sezon lapli, ki diminye pwodiksyon tè agrikòl, kose sechrès, ak lakòz dezètifikasyon

During the 1980s, 25 million plus trees were planted, but a ratio of seven trees were felled for every one new tree. New energy sources are required to cut down on the need for wood and charcoal. A major reform effort by an aid organization was begun in 1999, but political upheaval and absence of funding have curtailed the effectiveness of this project.

Pandan ane 1980 la, 25 milyon dola pye bwa plis yo te plante, men yo te yon rapò nan sèt pye bwa koupe pou chak yon sèl pye bwa nouvo. Sous enèji New oblije koupe desann sou bezwen an pou bwa ak chabon. Yo te fè yon efò gwo refòm pa yon òganizasyon èd kòmanse an 1999, men yo te politik chanjman ak absans nan finansman restrenn efikasite nan pwojè sa a.

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