The Port-à-Piment Millennium Village: Structure and Scope(Part 5)

Environnement

Source:http://www.haitiregeneration.org/mvp_scope.

The watershed area is in a severe and ongoing state of environmental degradation. Pressure from a burgeoning population and continual vulnerability to natural disasters perpetuates a decrease in forest cover and an increase in agricultural cultivation on steep slopes. Preservation of the Port-à-Piment watershed is paramount, as it is located at the base Pic Macaya National Park, one of the largest remaining forested areas in Haiti and a priority conservation area in the country.

The joint pressures of charcoal production and subsistence agriculture create challenges for sustained environmental recovery. The driving objective of this program is to alleviate some of the environmental pressures on the land and the population while helping reverse the degradation cycle in the long-term.

Strategies to Achieve MDGs 7 & 8 – Ensure Environmental Sustainability and Develop a Global Partnership For Development.

The overall objective for the environment sector is to stop and reverse the trends of environmental degradation across the watershed. Interventions will focus on new techniques for sustainable charcoal production and restoring ecosystem services through innovative payment schemes and education campaigns. For the initial year, projects are planned to promote better land use management while also building anti-erosion structures and creating nurseries for appropriate long-term re-vegetation. A long-term goal is to implement flood reduction programs to help reduce the risk of erosion and floods. Disaster risk management is a key priority in Port-à-Piment, as in Haiti as a whole, and many of the cross-sectoral interventions will intersect in the environmental sector.