Haiti

A century ago, forests covered 60% of Haiti. Today less than 1% of primary forest remains. Re:wild and Haiti National Trust are working to protect what is left and restore what has been lost.

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Haiti is home to extraordinary wildlife found nowhere else on Earth, and it is disappearing fast.

The island of Hispaniola harbors over 5,000 plant species, 36% of which are found nowhere else on the planet. It is home to more than 2,000 vertebrate animals, 75% of them endemic, along with around 350 orchid species and more than 60 species of frogs. Much of this biodiversity exists nowhere else. When Haiti's forests go, these species go with them.

The pressure driving deforestation is relentless. Wood and charcoal make up 71% of all fuel consumed in Haiti. Without trees to stabilize slopes, 36 million tons of topsoil wash away every year, choking wetlands and reefs. Water sources are drying up. Floods and landslides are worsening. The ecological crisis and the human crisis are the same crisis.

More than 227,000 native trees have been planted in Grand Bois National Park since 2022.

For nearly a decade, Haiti National Trust has managed Grand Bois National Park with funding and mentoring support from Re:wild, building public pride and community investment in the forest's future.

Protecting Haiti's forests alongside communities

Since 2017, Haiti National Trust has helped establish three national parks: Grand Bois, Deux Mamelles, and Grande Colline. Re:wild supports this work with funding, mentoring, and on-the-ground capacity building. Local communities are at the center of everything: they plant the trees, staff the ranger teams, and have actively intervened to stop wildfires and control free-ranging livestock that threaten regenerating forest.

Work is now underway to establish a second, larger protected area adjacent to Grand Bois. The momentum built over nearly a decade is being turned into something bigger.

Sustainable livelihoods are how conservation takes root and stays there.

Protecting a forest in a country where people depend on it for survival requires creating alternatives.

Re:wild and Haiti National Trust support sustainable livelihood programs including magnolia honey production, schooling for children, and training local residents as paid park rangers.

Corporate partner YSL Beauty is investing to protect and restore the forests of Bois Pangnol.

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