GEO Haiti 2010

State of the Environment Report 2010
Figure 35: Underground Water Resources................................................................................................................................. 88
Figure 36: Water Pumping at the Cul-de-Sac Plain.............................................................................................................. 90
Figure 37: The Access of Urban Population to Drinking Water..................................................................................... 90
Figure 38: Access of Rural Population to Drinking Water................................................................................................. 90
Figure 39: Map on the Access to Potable water..................................................................................................................... 91
Figure 40: Geographical Distribution of Rainfall..................................................................................................................... 92
Figure 41: The coast of d’Aquin in the South........................................................................................................................... 95
Figure 42: Evolution in the Area of the Different Types of Mangrove at Caracol Bay...................................... 96
Figure 43: Coral Reefs: Estimated Level of Threat in Haiti................................................................................................. 98
Figure 44: Distribution of Dwellings on the Port-au-Prince Coastal Strip in 2007............................................ 99
Figure 45: Indicators of Faecal Contamination in the Port-au-Prince Bay............................................................100
Figure 46: Accumulation of Waste on a Beach......................................................................................................................100
Figure 47: Map on Land Occupation...........................................................................................................................................101
Figure 48: Haitian Mountainside....................................................................................................................................................100
Figure 49: Map of Likely Vegetation in Haiti at the Beginning of the Colonial Period..................................102
Figure 50: When Agriculture Nibbles into Forest Areas...................................................................................................103
Figure 51: Forest Fire in La Visite Park..........................................................................................................................................104
Figure 52: Illegal Logging in a Pine Forest................................................................................................................................104
Figure 53: An Example of Dry Forest............................................................................................................................................106
Figure 54: Pine Forest............................................................................................................................................................................107
Figure 55: Wetland..................................................................................................................................................................................107
Figure 56: South-Western Coast of La Navase Island........................................................................................................109
Figure 57: The Caribbean Manatee..............................................................................................................................................109
Figure 58: The Long Nose, a mammal endemic to Haiti.................................................................................................110
Figure 59: Distribution of Various Endangered Groups in Haiti..................................................................................110
Figure 60: Risk of Soil Erosion...........................................................................................................................................................112
Figure 61: Degradation of Plant Cover on Steep Slopes.................................................................................................112
Figure 62: Population growth in rural and urban Haiti between 1950 and 2003............................................114
Figure 63: Location of major deposits and indication of metals in the Republic of Haiti ..........................116
Figure 64: Sand Quarry at la Fontamarat, Community of Carrefour........................................................................118
Figure 65: Endangered ecosystems of the Gulf of Gonâve...........................................................................................119
Figure 66: A “dismal” mining landscape.....................................................................................................................................120
Figure 67: Greenhouse gases emitted in Haïti and Dominican Republic in 1994...........................................121
Figure 68: Total amounts of CO 2
emission by some countries in the Caribbean............................................123
Figure 69: Urban Development of the Metropolitan Region of Port-au-Prince...............................................124
Figure 70: Urban Development of the City of Cap-Haïtien...........................................................................................125
Figure 71: Evolution in the Development of the City of Gonaïves...........................................................................126
Figure 72: Urban Growth of the City of Les Cayes...............................................................................................................127
Figure 73: Residential Neighbourhood in Port-au-Prince..............................................................................................128
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