Impact Assessment for the Livelihood of Fishfarmers

This document describes an evidence-based evaluation of the immediate and long-term impact of LEVE/USAID grants to the fishfarming entities Caribbean Harvest Foundation and Caribbean Harvest Social Enterprise, both hereon referred to jointly as CH. Specifically, the study was interested in evaluating the impact on the resiliency of participating households.

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Impact Assessment of Caribbean Harvest S.A. Fish Farmers as a result of support provided by Leve

Given that some time had passed since the initial grant to Caribbean Harvest S.A. was made to increase production capacity, LEVE and Caribbean Harvest S.A. agreed to undertake an impact assessment that would go beyond simply capturing results, but more to measuring resiliency (as defined by the United States Agency for International Development) of the fish farmers. The initial grant was to increase both energy supply and the number of cages, which would lead to an overall increase in fish production by fish farmers.

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Geospatial Mapping of Charcoal and Fuelwood Renewability in Haiti and Potential Environmental Benefits from Woodfuel Interventions

This analysis examines woodfuel sustainability in Haiti and explores the impacts of near- term household energy interventions. Woodfuels represent nearly 80% of Haiti’s primary energy supply and the country has long been considered an archetypal case of woodfuel-driven deforestation

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L’évolution des conditions de vie en Haïti entre 2007 et 2012. La réplique sociale du séisme.

Le séisme qui a frappé Haïti le 12 janvier 2010 figure parmi les quatre plus meurtriers jamais enregistrés au monde depuis 1990. Il a touché de plein fouet l’Aire métropolitaine de Port‐au‐ Prince où se concentre plus d’un Haïtien sur cinq et détruit de nombreux bâtiments publics et logements. Malgré l'intervention immédiate de la communauté internationale à travers l’envoi d’équipes de secours sur place, des promesses d'aides financières et de soutien au processus de reconstruction et de développement, la situation tarde à se normaliser.

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Climate Change Resilience. The case of Haiti

Natural and human-induced hazards (storms, floods, and droughts) have highly destructive impacts on buildings, land, water, livestock, and people in Haiti. The poorest Haitians, including low-income women, children, and elderly people, are especially vulnerable. There is already evidence of climate change, including higher mean temperatures and altered rainfall patterns.

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Impact Evaluation: Root Capital & Union des Coopératives Caféières de Baptiste (UCOCAB)

This report describes baseline data collected to help assess Root Capital’s impact on coffee production in one of its target regions of Haiti. The survey focused on farmers in the Savannette-Baptiste area of the Departement du Centre. Most of the respondents were members of cooperatives working with Root Capital (n=151); some were not (n=52).

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Mining in Haiti: Review of Haitian Capacity and Preparedness

The goal of this report is to summarize the elements necessary to demonstrate Haiti’s capacity to permit and regulate mines in Haiti to ensure that it protects human health and the environment. This includes two primary elements: The completeness and best practices of Haiti’s relevant laws and regulations and Haiti’s governmental capacity to permit and regulate mines.

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Environmental Vulnerability in Haiti. Findings & Recommendations

This report was prepared in response to a Congressional directive that, “after consultation with appropriate international development organizations and Haitian officials, organizations and communities, the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations setting forth a plan for the reforestation of areas in Haiti that are vulnerable to erosion which pose significant danger to human health and safety.”

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Adaptable use of Energy in Haiti Substitution of Wood Charcoal by Conversion of Cellulose Products Briquette Technology

Wood-residue briquettes will relieve pressure in Haiti deforestation and create a market for the product. In Haiti, it would involve growing a renewable biomass crop – such as cane, vetiver or kenaf. Their by-products would furnish raw material for a briquetting operation.

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Haiti Environmental Country Profile 1985

Few countries in the world face a more serious threat to their own survival from environmental catastrophe than Haiti. Ovcrpopulatcd, its resources are overexploited and trends towards further environmental deterioration are apparent everywhere. The chance for reversing these trends, thereby preventing human suffering, destabilization of the country, and the further loss of development potential is diminishing daily. Much needs to be done, and quickly.

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