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• Haiti recognized as an environmental catastr
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ophe waiting to happen
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– What were once disasters are now catastrophes due to
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increasing population and poor land-use choices
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• Haiti’s population increased dramatically in recent decades
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• About 90 percent of country deforested
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• Island venerable to hurricanes and other high-intensity
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storms as well as earthquakes
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• Four hurricanes and tropical storms hit the is
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land within a month’s time two years before
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the earthquake
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,Deforestation in Haiti g g




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• Earthquake became a catastrophe g g g



– Eighty-five percent of people in Port-au-
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Prince lived in slum conditions
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– Poor conditions lead to 190,000 destroyed or damaged
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• Killed a quarter million people
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• Two million homeless with poor sanitation and water quality
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• Reason for catastrophe was clear: heavy hu
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man footprint
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– Large number of poorly constructed buildings
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