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Establishing UK tree seed bank ‘crucial’
By Mark Kinver Environment reporter, BBC News Ash, a common sight throughout most of the UK, is one of the tree seed collection’s priority species The UK’s first national collection of tree seeds has...
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Company named dloHaiti Taps VC Funding as it Brings Haiti Clean Water and Jobs
By Lora Kolodny A “for-profit, for-good” startup, dloHaiti, raised $3.4 million in Series A funding to bring clean, affordable water and new jobs to communities across Haiti, according to the company’s...
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FLASH!!! Haiti: La Route Nationale #1 (N1), entièrement bloquée a l’entrée...
Haiti: Gonaives - La Route Nationale #1 (N1) est entièrement bloquée, ce matin au niveau de “Au Poteau”, un petit quartier situé a l’entrée de la ville des Gonaives. Des riverains réclament...
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Haiti hosts 1st conference on mining as companies show interest in...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Haiti is bringing in mining experts from around the world in hopes of developing precious metals in one of the world’s poorest countries. Until last year, few knew that Haiti...
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Dominican Republic rejects mining project
BBC: The Dominican Republic government has rejected a request by Glencore Xstrata to explore nickel in a mountainous area of the country. The Loma Miranda project would have a negative impact on...
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Lancement officiel, à Ouanaminthe, de la campagne de reboisement
Lancement officiel, à Ouanaminthe, de la campagne de reboisement de l’île Fraternité et solidarité manifeste en faveur de la protection de l’Environnement Le Président de la République, S.E.M. Michel...
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Haiti, Dominican Republic Launching Reforestation Project
by buildingaschool Seedlings being planted in Haiti in 2012 By the Caribbean Journal staff, June 5, 2013 Haiti President Michel Martelly and Dominican Republic President Danilo Medina will visit the...
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Landscape designer Hendrikus brings organic approach to Haiti
by Gardening with Ciscoe Posted on June 8, 2013 at 11:51 AM In 2010, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake devastated Haiti. Three years later, Hendrikus Schraven visited, and found a country still in shambles....
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2 out of 3 people face hunger as Haiti woes mount-Added COMMENTARY By...
In this May 22, 2013 photo, a malnourished 5-year-old Dieufort Jean stands in his kitchen holding a spoon as he waits for a meal in the community of Mabriole near the town of Belle Anse in Haiti....
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The government tries to load up the plates of the poorest people in the Americas
Made in Haiti AID workers sometimes blame Haiti’s seemingly limitless supply of cheap imported rice for the country’s struggle to feed itself. More than half the population lives on the land, but...
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US launches project to boost farm incomes in Haiti
Cocoa beans. USAID has launched a project to boost farmer incomes and promote local organisations in northern Haiti. USAID said the five-year Feed the Future North (FTFN) project, developed in...
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Tiny Channels Take Salt From Seawater
Jun 28, 2013 01:46 PM ET // by Jesse Emspak Drinking water is a vital need in many parts of the world, and one method of getting it is desalination, which is just taking the salt out of seawater. But...
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Haitian Environmental Success Stories on CNN International
Dear Lynn, CNN International is showcasing two environmental success stories from Haiti in a half-hour program “Going Green: Earth” beginning this Friday, July 5th and repeated several times during...
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Fish cages bring economic hope to Haitians
Valentin Abe,a specialist in aquaculture, is the founder of Caribbean Harvest. The not-for-profit organization is teaching Haitians how to reap the waters again by farming tilapia in lakes around...
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Where are the Mosquito Nets in Haiti?-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
During a recent visit to Haiti, I visited homes at internally displaced persons locations throughout Port-au-Prince and noticed a general void of mosquito nets. In fact, I did not see one. This was...
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Haiti, Dominican Republic chicken war highlights trade inequities
By EZRA FIESER AND JACQUELINE CHARLES jcharles@MiamiHerald.com MOCA, Dominican Republic — Hundreds of Dominicans gathered in a dirt parking lot Wednesday, waiting in line to buy the victims of the...
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Urban oasis offers hope to Haiti’s poorest
Going Green is a series of special programs that air on CNN International reporting on some of the world’s most pressing environmental issues. In July watch “Earth,” a half-hour feature program with...
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Tropical Storm Chantal forms in Atlantic
The storm’s winds early Monday are near 40 mph. (Photo: National Hurricane Center) Story Highlights A tropical storm warning is in effect for Barbados, Dominica, St. Lucia, Martinique and Guadeloupe....
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Tropical Storm Chantal Aims for Caribbean
By Kristina Pydynowski, Senior Meteorologist July 08, 2013; 9:03 PM Newly formed Tropical Storm Chantal is taking aim at the Caribbean this week. The Atlantic Basin has been void of a tropical...
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Predatory lionfish now a confirmed invader in the deep Atlantic
Scientists have confirmed that the hardy, Indo-Pacific fish that has invaded waters off the US East Coast and the Caribbean is now living deep in the Atlantic, possibly imperiling smaller fish there....
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