Below are a list of reports and publications from the Earth Institute's research in Haiti.
Notable recent publications include the Integrated Baseline Study of the Port-à-Piment Watershed and the Integrated Baseline Study: Ten Communes of the Southwest Coast, South Department, Haiti.
To view all publications and for further information, please visit the CGSD Haiti Publications page.
This aritcle describes the elements of fragility that influence the efforts to achieve environmental restoration at regional and national scales in Haiti. These elements of fragility are linked in a perverse web of interactions. Natural disasters prevent sustained economic growth, limit execution of strategic planning, and undermine poverty reduction programs. In turn, political instability results in shifting development strategies and fragmented ecosystem restoration initiatives. Political, economic, and environmental shocks weaken community-led efforts and have repeatedly derailed otherwise well-designed programs.
This document provides an overview of Earth Institute activities in 2011-2012 for the Cote Sud Initiative in the South Department of Haiti.
This document, "Frontera Verde: Revegetation and transboundary natural resources management project for the Massacre and Pedernales Watersheds," is the baseline study for the analysis of two watersheds on the Haitian side of the border with the Dominican Republic. The study provides analysis concerning gender of household head, household size, education costs, livelihood strategy, energy/water sources and insecurity, food insecurity, household concerns, asset wealth and health as well as how some of these factors interact to influence incidence of food insecurity or dependence on charcoal production.
This report provides a platform to measure indicators of development and poverty reduction over a multi-year timeframe and to provide data-driven tools for communities and the Government decision-makers to create and implement objective and target based investment plans. This report is also part of ongoing scientific research to understand the elements of fragility that are linked in a perverse web of interactions undermining sustainable development and economic growth.
This report provides a platform to measure indicators of development and poverty reduction over a multi-year timeframe and to provide data-driven tools for communities and the Government decision-makers to create and implement objective and target based investment plans. This report summarizes data from the 2011-2012 household survey for 10 communes in the Department Sud of Haiti providing analysis in sectors ranging from education, health, agriculture, water and sanitation, and other core indicators of household wealth. It also summarizes the research on flood risk and land use and land cover across the region. This report is also part of ongoing scientific research to understand the elements of fragility that are linked in a perverse web of interactions undermining sustainable development and economic growth.
This report provides the baseline measurements of current land use and land cover for the South Department of Haiti. These figures are meant to provide a basis for land management and land use planning as well as figures to measure change against after the 5 year programming of the Government of Haiti.
This report summarizes the Port-a-Piment Landscape Baseline Assessment. It provides a comprehensive bio‐physical inventory of the roughly 100 km2 watershed of the town of Port-a‐Piment, in Southwest Haiti. This study provides an analysis of the key factors that indicate the productivity and health of the ecosystem including the spatial distribution of soil, land use/land cover and vegetation conditions across the watershed. These indicators provide a basis for determining the availability of key ecosystem services. Ecosystem services are the ecological functions that contribute to human well‐being, such as the purification of water, the stabilization and regeneration of soil and production of food, fuel and fiber.
This report summarizes field trials conducted in partnerships with the Organization for the Rehabilitation of the Environment (ORE) and the Earth Institute for key crops identified by the community of the Port-a-Piment watershed. This report summarizes the findings for bean trials using different cultivation techniques.
This document summarizes the findings around planning mechanisms in the Department Sud and provides insights into the multiple roles for Haitian universities within these processes. The report was written by the Center on Sustainable Urban Development (CSUD) with contributes from CIESIN.
This document is a summary of the availability of different mobile banking programs. The report was compiled as part of a Master's In Development Practice student research project at the School of International and Public Affairs under the supervision of the CIESIN research team.
This document analyzes the production and supply chain for Vetiver production the south west part of Haiti. The report and analysis was compiled by Scott Freeman during a 2010 summer research position.
