Sunday, May 20, 2012

Events & Media on Recycling, Composting, Waste Treatment and Environmental Protection

EVENTS 

World Environment Day 



 

First Edition of «Ayiti Bèl Ayiti Vèt»

The First edition of this international sporting event, which gathered all sports lovers of nature and environmental protection, will take place from March 7 to 10 on the Côte des Arcadins. "Ayiti Bèl Ayiti Vèt" will take place from March 7 to 10 on the Côte des Arcadins. "Ayiti Bèl Ayiti Vèt" is a citizen initiative that develops and supports projects to protect the environment through outdoor sports that are part of a logic of awareness, education and training of local actors. 


 

Doha Climate Change Conference - 2012

La Conférence d'Hyderabad double les financements de la biodiversité - 2012


Haiti - Tourism : 16th Edition of the Fair Eco-tourism and Production

16th Edition of the Fair eco-tourism and production/Haiti Libre (October 2012)

RIO +20 - United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development 

Haiti appelle au respect des engagements/Le Nouvelliste (June 2012)
 

Deal weakens on energy and water pledges RIO+20/BBC News (June 2012) 

HAITI / WATER RIO+20 
A UNICEF supported water project targets 50 of the poorest neighborhoods in Port-au-Prince, assessing and mapping water systems and providing repairs where necessary. 

ARTICLES

Climate Change

L’environnement en Haïti : complexité et menace/Le Matin (July 2012)

Climate Change in Haiti/Climate Matters Blog (Columbia University - Earth Institute)(Feb. 2012)

Haiti advances in commitments of Montreal Protocol/Prensa Latin (October 2012) 

The Minister Jean Vilmond Hilaire in Qatar/Haiti Libre (December 2012) 

Green-Haiti/Reconstruction

A Green Economy for a Haitian Society Environmental Viable, Sustainable and Just/Haiti Libre (June 2012)

Green Energy Opportunities in Latin America and the Caribbean/Haiti Libre (June 2012)

Haiti’s La Selle Added to UNESCO Global Network of Biosphere Reserve/Caribbean Journal (July 2012) 

21 Polaris Ranger for the Environmental Monitoring Body (CSE)/Haiti Libre (July 2012) 

Les sachets en polyéthylène sont désormais interdit en Haïti/Haiti Libre (August 2012) 

L'environnement : l'urgente priorité du développement national/Le Nouvelliste (August 2012) 

Le train du ministère de l’Environnement est-il en panne?/Le Matin (August 2012)

Le dialogue pour la protection de l’environnement/Le Matin (September 2012) 

Lizard, rare coral reefs complicate multimillion-dollar Haiti seaport project/Miami Herald (September 2012) 

Styrofoam biodegradable products, from 1 October 2012/Haiti Libre (September 2012)  

Haiti, Dominican Republic and Cuba Strengthen Environment/Radio Cadena Agramonte (September 2012) 

Haiti's New Environmental Turn Delights, Dismays/Public Radio International (October 2012) 

Vers la protection de l'Environnement/Le Matin (October 2012) 

 
Pour la réhabilitation du morne L'Hôpital /Le Nouvelliste (October 2012) 

Cuba and Haiti Boost Aquaculture Development/Prensa Latina (October 2012) 

The Minister of the Environment «Always Ready»/Haiti Libre (November 2012) 

RVPL Enters $90 Million Agreement With Haiti Government for ECCO2 Project/NASDAQ.com (November 2012)  

Diplomacy : Martelly met the Presidents Porfirio Lobo and Danilo Medina/ Haiti Libre (November 2012)  

Haiti says 'bye-bye' to Land Cruisers as government tightens belt/ newsobserver.com (November 2012) 

Reconstruction: Inauguration of project of water supply and sanitation in South East/ Haiti Libre (November 2012)

Le Parc naturel Quisqueya: une destination touristique/Le Nouvelliste (November 2012)

Operation Pétion-Ville PwòP this Sunday/ Haiti Libre (December 2012) 

Un Environnement de plus en plus malade!/Le Matin (December 2012) 

Assistance of the UN Organizations (2012)/Haiti Libre (January 2013

A green barrier of 500 hectares at Morne l'Hôpital/ Haiti Libre (March 2013) 

How A Single National Park Might Help Transform a Nation: Haiti's Pic Macaya/Forbes (March 2013) 

Q&A - Master Reforestation Plan to Save Haiti/Inter Press Service (March 2013) 

Connect us with Nature/Haiti Libre (March 2013) 

Haiti aiming to plant 1.2 million trees in a single day/Christian Science Monitor (March 2013)

La BID promeut les énergies propres pour l'électrification rurale en Haïti/ Le Nouvelliste (May 2013)

 

Read more here: http://www.newsobserver.com/2012/11/16/2488906/haiti-says-bye-bye-to-land-cruisers.html#storylink=cpy

Endangered Sites/Wild-Life/Biodiversity


Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/09/20/v-fullstory/3012827/lizard-rare-coral-reefs-complicate.html#storylink=c
Haiti's frogs, losing habitat, finding home at the Philadelphia Zoo/Philly.com (September 2012)

Menace constante sur la forêt des pins à Fonds-Verrettes/AlterPresse (October 2012)

25 young people attend a seminar on biodiversity/Haiti Libre (March 2013) 

42% of Palms are threatened on the island/Haiti Libre (May 2013)  

Waste Management

Transforming what is now a nuisance into opportunity/Haiti Libre (May 2012)

The beginning of modern sanitation in Haiti/Haiti Libre (May 2012)

Le SMCRS, pour une mission plus confirmée/Le Matin (August 2012)

Cap-Haïtien à l'heure de l'assainissement/ Le Nouvelliste (November 2012) 

Bill on the Committees of Watershed Management/ Haiti Libre (November 2012) 

Garbage In, Garbage Out: Struggling Haiti Signs Costly Private Deal/Truth-out (March 2013) 

Recycling and Building Construction 

Haitians recycle rubble into new communities/UNDP (January 2012)

Charbon, Propane and Reforestation 

The «Green Border»- Reforestation Project/Haiti Libre (April 2012)  


Petit-Goâve Reforestation Operation/Haiti Libre (May 2012)

Le Propane Comme Alternative au Charbon/Le Nouvelliste (June 2012)

Inauguration du Centre de propagation des végétaux à Dosmond/Haiti Libre (June 2012)

Charbon, Propane, Solaire - Total et Entrepreneurs du Monde/Le Nouvelliste (June 2012)

Prince Charles, Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe Meet in London/Caribbean Journal (July 2012) 

Loving Freedom, Loving Haiti, Repairing the Environment/Boston Haitian Reporter (September 2012)

Vers le reboisement du parc Makaya dans le sud du pays /Radio Metropole (October 2012)

In Haiti, Success Isn’t Enough to Keep Innovative Energy Program Alive/PRI's The World (November 2012) 

Combattre le déboisement par le commerce des fruits/Le Nouvelliste (December 2012)

End of Charcoal for cooking at Metropolitan Industrial Park/Haiti Libre (March 2013)  

A socially responsible reforestation project/Haiti Libre (March 2013) 

Creation of municipal spaces for cooking on propane/Haiti Libre (March 2013)

Pour passer du charbon au gaz, rien de mieux que la patience/Le Nouvelliste (May 2013) 

Visit of Dominican President Danilo/Haiti Libre (June 2013) 

Launch of the reforestation campaign of the island/Haiti Libre (June 2013) 

President will participate in reforest ceremony with Dominican counterpart/The Sentinel (June 2013)   

Mining 

Mining Laws Being Drafted/Kansas City (May 2012) 

Haiti Gold Mining/Huffington Post (May 2012)

What's In Haiti's Hills/Ayiti Kale Je  (May 2012)

In Haiti, concern over gold rush/Al Jazeera Blogs (July 2012)

Waste Management and Energy

Project Phoenix - Waste Management and Power Facility/Haiti Libre (July 2012) 

Water and Marine Protection 

New phase of watershed development of Morne l'Hôpital/Haiti Libre (May 2012) 

Marine life could curb development in Haiti/Tampa Bay Online (September 2012)  

Youth engagement on sustainable development/Haiti Libre (April 2013) 

Martelly launches a vibrant appeal to the citizen consciousness/Haiti Libre (March 2013)  

Natural Disasters 

Le Premier Ministre survol le pays en hélicoptère/Haiti Libre (October 2012)  

Hurricane Sandy exposes Haiti's agriculture and environment woes/AlertNet (November 2012)

Environment and Disease 

Op-Ed: What Role Did the Environment Play in Haiti's Cholera Epidemic?/Caribbean Journal (October 2012)  

Haiti recycles human waste in fight against cholera epidemic/The Guardian (March 2013)  

 

PICTURES/VIDEOS 

Mangrove Protection 


Environmental Cleaning Solutions 


SONAPI - Propane Gas 


La Menace de la Riviere Grise 



Developing Bamboo 


Plastic Recycling Market 

Haitians unload their truck containing sacks of plastic bottles at a recycling plant just outside of Port-au-Prince October 12, 2012. Haitian bottle collectors garner approximately 4 Haitian Gourdes ($0.10) per pound. The bottles will go through several processing stages before being ground up and sent to the United States where they will be made into bottles and other usable plastic items. REUTERS/Swoan Parker


Jatropha - Bio-Diesel


Frame of Mind: Haitian youth use photography to raise awareness about their environment



Haiti Environmental Monitoring Body - Environmental Surveillance Corps (CSE)

21 Polaris Rangers for CSE - July 2012


Kanaval des Fleurs

Champ Mars, Port-au-Prince (2012)

Ministère de l'Environnement - Demolition & Displacement vs. Environmental Protection

 

Styrofoam - Polystyrene foam 

Building Construction






Plastic Bottles 


Clean Cook Stoves 

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