Environment

The Pic Macaya region in Haiti is breathtaking natural haven of rich biodiversity and stunning landscapes. Located in the southern part of the country, it encompasses the Macaya National Park, which is one of the country's most vital ecological treasures.

The region's centerpiece is Pic Macaya. Located in the Massif de la Hotte mountain range in southwestern Haiti, Pic Macaya is a mountain rising to about 2,347 meters (7,700 feet) above sea level, making it the highest peak in the southern peninsula of Haiti.

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Nestled within the rugged terrain of Haiti's Pic Macaya National Park lies a creature that seems to have emerged from the pages of prehistoric history -- the Hispaniolan Solenodon, called Nez Long in French or Nen Long in Haitian Creole.

With its distinctive appearance and remarkable survival story, this small mammal offers a glimpse into the unique biodiversity of the Caribbean region and the importance of conservation efforts.

If you happen to live near Pic Macaya and you have seen this animal, tell us of you know any other local name for it.

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Whether you live in a home or an apartment in the United States everything has a view. Lake view, garden view, you name it, that's what the Real Estate agent wants to sell you. In Haiti I have more than a garden view, I can actually cook what's in the garden.

Have you ever seen these ads for apartments for rent in your area?

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So far, we've been very lucky in Haiti because the Coronavirus (COVID-19) has not yet reached the general population. Here are 2 reasons why the spread of corona virus will be massive in Haiti should this virus reach the general population.

Reason #1 is the way we travel.

Haitians are packed like sardines in tap-taps and traffic busses in the big cities and in busses going to the provinces. Anyone infected can spread it so quickly it's not even funny.

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Haiti's Environment minister Joseph Jouthe made it clear at the 2019 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change that Haiti suffers big time from climate change though she is not responsible for it.

"Climate change is a very big terror in Haiti. It's very hard for us to deal with climate change," Jouthe said, "Haiti is not responsible for what's going on with climate change but we are suffering from it. We want better treatment from the international community."

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They are many Haitians in Haiti who buy a gas oven to cook with propane gas and yet they still use charcoal in the back yard kitchen to cook pretty much everything. What is up with that?

Many people in Haiti admit that it is cheaper to cook with propane than it is cook with charcoal. So why is it they can't let go of the old habit.

Some say they only use "charbon" to boil beans (mwen itilize chabon pou bouyi pwa)... Whatever...

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Environment / Deforestation -- 28 undocumented Haitians were arrested in the Dominican Republic for "conuquismo", the practice of burning of forests in order to make charcoal.

These Haitians were caught cutting down trees at the Los Haitises National Park, a national park located on the remote northeast coast of the Dominican Republic.

So not there's not enough trees left in Haiti to burn down and make charcoal/chabon, Haitians are crossing the border to cut down the neigbor's trees to make chabon for sale in Haiti.

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Read this... By the year 2035 more than half Haiti's species will be wiped out. Haiti is closer to losing its rich biodiversity than almost any other country in the world, says Temple University scientist Blair Hedges.

"Haiti is in the middle of a mass extinction," he said, "and it's already lost a large number of species because entire areas where unique species exist are no longer present."

Haiti has lost almost all its virgin forests. Using NASA satellite imagery to analyze the landscape, Hedges and his colleagues found the country has only about one percent of its primary forest left, as people have been cutting down trees to farm and to make charcoal for cooking.

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Another Earthquake just happened in Gros Mornes, Artibonite, Haiti late Tuesday Night 16 October 2018. Everyone is afraid, they left they homes and rand outside.

As of 10:15pm Tuesday night, a journalist told a radio station in Port-au-Prince everyone in Gros Mornes is in a state of panic. It's bed time, no one wants to go inside their homes.

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The recent earthquake that killed at least 17 people in northern Haiti should not have caused so much damage and death according to Haitian engineer and geologist Claude Prepetit.

In Port-de-Paix, Saint-Louis du Nord and Gros-Morne, at least 17 people died and 333 people wounded according to the latest official from the Directorate of Civil Protection which also reported lots of property damage.

Claude Prepetit who is also the director of Haiti's Bureau of Mines and Energy said an earthquake of magnitude 5.9 on the Richter scale should not have caused as much damage and loss of life.

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