ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY – One Million Trees at La Visite National Park (Parc La Visite)
Million Trees for Haiti is one our reforestation project to support Haiti’s enormous efforts to restore its land and provide for the safety of its people. You can stop deforestation by supporting organization like us, that take an active role against it.
We make it simple for you to plant with us, four dollars plant one tree.
Why?
It is good for Haiti’s economy and environment. Haiti has nearly 6 million acres and 1.5% remains forest half of what it was in the 1960s. This vast area of green could provide wood products, watershed protection, fish and wildlife habitat, soil erosion, recreational opportunities and many other benefits for citizens and visitors alike. However, Haiti is still in the recovery phase from natural disaster vulnerability.
Why Parc la Visite as a Site?
One of eleven national parks in Haiti Parc la Visite is a great choice for the dual capacity for reforestation and water conservation. Haiti’s water tables are currently in great danger of drying up and Parc La Visite is in a unique location that regroups nine water springs whose branches head to various locations. This covers the West and Southwestern areas which includes Port-au-Prince and holds great promise for future generations.
Success Means.
Forests provide many benefits to the government and landowners, ranging from income to the satisfaction of having trees and wildlife around enhance life. In addition, the lives of all Haitians are enriched by the jobs, raw materials, wildlife habitat, and mos important clean water that come from forests. Whether it involves establishing a new stand on old pasture or brush lands, or reforesting after disasters, reforestation is the key to restarting forests and sustaining a continued flow of these life giving benefits.
One Million Trees for La Visite National Park (1MPLV)
is the goal, the approach is to strategically build water conservation points at watersheds in order to achieve conservation with a double effect of groundwater and streams while replanting with forest and fruit trees indigenous to the areas. By protecting the watersheds there will be clean water to help rid the land of cholera and prevent water scarcity.