The island of Hispaniola is still marked by a famous dividing line seen prominently in satellite photos: brown, deforested Haiti on one side contrasted with lush green Dominican Republic on the other.
But brown patches are now spreading into the Dominican side.........Haiti has lost 98 percent of its forests to destructive land use, mainly from the clear-cutting of trees for charcoal production. As vegetation disappears from Haiti, an illegal market for charcoal from the Dominican side is exploding....
Recently...46 Haitian charcoal traffickers were rounded up in a dominican National Park, a protected zone deep in Dominican territory...
NO A LA DESTRUCCION DE NUESTRO PAIS!
The Dominican Republic long ago banned the production of charcoal to protect its forests ...But that has not stopped desperate Haitians from risking their lives for more charcoal, which provides more than 60 percent of their nation's energy.
Conservative estimates put the weekly volume of illegal charcoal exports to Haiti at 105,000 kilograms, or 115.7 tons, but the actual number is probably higher.
HELP STOP THE BLEEDING!
Spread the knowledge! ...Ignorance its our worst enemy!...Every single Dominican should know this!
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