| Republic of Haiti | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Caribbean, western one-third of the island of Hispaniola, between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, west of the Dominican Republic Geographic coordinates: 19 00 N, 72 25 W |
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| National websites | |||||||||||||||||||
| Embassy / Chancery in U.S. | Ambassador Jean Casimir 2311 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington DC 20008 |
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| Agencies responsible for biological inventory and conservation |
Ministry of the Environment Ministry of Agriculture |
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| Non-governmental organizations concerned with conservation | |||||||||||||||||||
| Major Natural Resources |
Bauxite (as per the ABC World Factbook). |
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| Major Environmental and Conservation Issues | Deforestation for farmland and pollution from burning cleared forest, and inadequate supplies of potable water. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Statistics | Information Sources | ||||||||||||||||||
| Land area | 27,560 km2 | Haiti World Factbook | |||||||||||||||||
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| Area of territorial waters | 190 km2 | Haiti World Factbook | |||||||||||||||||
| Population: | 6,780,501 (July 1998 est.) | Density: | 25 / km2 | Haiti World Factbook | |||||||||||||||
| Area protected at all IUCN levels: | 9,700 ha | Fraction of land area protected: | 0.35% | WCMC Protected Areas Summary | |||||||||||||||
| Major Protected Areas |
None listed |
Information Center for the Environment | |||||||||||||||||
| Endemic Species |
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| Endangered, Threatened and Vulnerable Species |
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| Extinct Species |
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| Species listed on CITES Appendices |
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CITES-listed Species Database | |||||||||||||||||
| Legislation | |||||||||||||||||||
| Laws protecting endangered or threatened species | |||||||||||||||||||
| Laws protecting endangered ecosystems | |||||||||||||||||||
| Signatory to CITES | No | ||||||||||||||||||
| Signatory to Ramsar Wetlands Convention | No | ||||||||||||||||||
| Signatory to Convention on Biological Diversity | 25 September 1996 (Ratified) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Signatory to Migratory Bird Treaty | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||
| Member of International Whaling Commission | by 19 November 1956 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Signatory to other international treaties designed to protect or manage biological resources |
Marine Dumping: by 1975.08.30 Marine Life Conservation: by 1966.03.20 Desertification: by 1996.12.26 Law of the Sea: by 1994.11.16 |
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| Natural Resource Use | Information Sources | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Human Impacts on Natural Resources | Information Sources | ||||||||||||||||||
| Air pollution | |||||||||||||||||||
| Water pollution | The Minstry of the Environment is the sole agency dedicated to observations on marine pollution, but it has little funding or resources to take further action than to send samples to exterior labs for examination. | Agenda 21 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Introduced species | |||||||||||||||||||
| Legislation addressing these issues |
National Environment Action Plan Organic Law Environmentally Related Education Programme | Agenda 21 | |||||||||||||||||
| Restoration and Reintroduction | Information Sources | ||||||||||||||||||
| Programs for restoration of damaged habitat | |||||||||||||||||||
| Programs for ex situ conservation (captive breeding and reintroduction) of endangered species | |||||||||||||||||||
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Page compiled by Jason Lomeli as part of a class project in H90 "The Science of Biodiversity and Conservation" (Peter J. Bryant, Instructor), University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, USA