Browsing Publications and Documents by Country/Region "Haiti"
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An assessment of the economic and social impacts of climate change on the energy sector in the Caribbean
(United Nations (UN) - Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), 2013)The present report assesses the economic and social impacts of climate change on the energy sector in Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Cuba, Dominica, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Grenada, Guyana, ... -
Annexes a l’examen du PNUE de la proposition de projet Phoenix en Haïti
(2014)UNEP has been requested by the Government of Haiti to conduct an independent review of the proposed Phoenix Waste to Energy project. The scope of this proposed project includes waste collection from Port au Prince and other ... -
Caribbean Environment Outlook
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 2004)Over the last three decades, environmental degradation and the unsustainable use of natural resources have reduced the availability of ecosystem goods and services, with negative consequences for sustainable social and ... -
Caribbean Environment Outlook
(, 1999)The Caribbean Environment Outlook (CEO) is part of a UNEP project to produce state of the environment assessments for the countries of the Caribbean, Western Indian Ocean and Pacific Islands. The objective of the CEO is ... -
Coastal Partners: Applying Ecosystem-Based Disaster Risk Reduction (ECO-DRR) through a Ridge-to-reef Approach in Port Salut, Haiti
(2016-10)In 2013-2016, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the European Commission (EC) implemented a pilot demonstration project on Ecosystem-based Disaster Risk Reduction (Eco-DRR) in Haiti. The Eco-DRR project ... -
Coastal Partners: Reducing Disaster Risk through Sustainable Coastal Zone Management: Eco-DRR project fact sheet: Haiti
(2014-07)This is a site fact sheet for the Haiti ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction (Eco-DRR) project conducted by UNEP and the European Commission from 2012-2015. It highlights the project’s key partnerships, interventions ... -
Emerging Issues for Small Island Developing States
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 2014)In 2013, UNEP identified priority emerging environmental issues that are of concern to small island developing states (SIDS). This report provides an overview of 20 issues critical to the sustainable development of SIDS. ... -
From conflict to peacebuilding: the role of natural resources and the environment
(UNEP, 2009)Since 1990 at least eighteen violent conflicts have been fuelled by the exploitation of natural resources. In fact, recent research suggests that over the last sixty years at least forty percent of all intrastate conflicts ... -
GEO Haiti 2010 state of the environment report
(UNEP, 2010)The GEO Haiti 2010 Report assesses the state of the country's natural resources and the problems encountered in trying to preserve them from the uncontrolled urban development of the main towns and an excessive use of ... -
Global Environment Outlook: Small Island Developing States : Outlook - GEO SIDS
(2014)GEO SIDS Outlook is a contribution to the 2014 Third International UN Conference on Small Island Developing States, which has an overarching theme of the sustainable development of Small Island Developing States through ... -
Haiti - Dominican Republic: Environmental Challenges in the Border Zone - Executive Summary
(2013)This document provides up-to-date information and confirms the close relationship that exists between the state of transboundary natural resources, poverty, and recurring social conflicts. -
Haiti - Dominican Republic: Environmental Challenges in the Border Zone
(2013-06)This report presents the findings, conclusions and recommendations of an 18 month long assessment of the border between the two countries that share the Caribbean island of Hispaniola – Haiti, the poorest country in the ... -
Haiti Earthquake PDNA: Assessment of damage, losses, general and sectoral needs
(Government of the Republic of Haiti, 2010)The earthquake on January 12, 2010 has caused an unprecedented situation in Haiti with enormous repercussions affecting all sectors of society, well beyond the areas directly affected by the catastrophe. Over 200,000 lives ... -
The Haiti Sustainable Energy Programme: Increasing Energy Access in Haiti and supporting New Solutions to Energy Poverty
(2015-05)This publication outlines Haiti’s current and potential energy sources and provides an overview of the mini-grids project conducted by UNEP. -
Haiti: Etude sur les Filières Agricoles et le Verdissement de l’Economie dans le Département du Sud
(2016-07-01)Ce rapport se concentre sur une analyse approfondie du secteur agricole dans le département du sud. Le document apporte une analyse stratégique pour le développement de cinq filières agricoles dans le département du sud ... -
Haiti: South Department Forest Energy supply Chain
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2016-09)This report assesses the socioeconomics of charcoal production in Haiti’s rural South Department as well as potential solutions to prevent the harvesting of valuable tree species and to reduce pressure for wood from key ... -
Haiti’s South Department: Major Achievements in Sustainable Development 2011-2016
(2016-06)This fact sheet outlines the major achievements in sustainable development in Haiti from 2011 to 2016. -
Integrated Baseline Study: Port-à-Piment Watershed - Sud Department, Haiti
(2013)This report provides a platform to measure indicators of development and poverty reduction over a multi-year time frame. It is also part of ongoing scientific research to understand the interaction and linkage of elements ... -
Integrated Baseline Study: Ten Communes of the Southwest Coast, South Department, Haiti
(2013)The Côte Sud Initiative’s Integrated Baseline Assessment is a multidisciplinary study that covers social and economic aspects of rural dwellers in Haiti. This report provides an integrated multi-sector analysis for ten ... -
Integrated Watershed and Coastal Areas Management (IWCAM) Atlas
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)The Global Environment Facility (GEF), 2012)In the Caribbean Small Island Developing States (SIDS), high population densities, combined with population growth, urbanization and increased development, particularly residential and tourist resort development, has led ...