Haiti's efforts to save trees falters
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Far from the spreading slums of the Haitian capital, past barren dirt mountains and hillsides stripped to a chalky white core, two woodcutters bring down a towering oak tree in one of the few forested valleys left in the Caribbean country.
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Buffeted by the hand of man and the hand of nature, Haiti may be on the verge of becoming ungovernable and ecologically ruined. If there ever was a case for forceful action by the United Nations, Haiti is it.
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THOMONDE, Haiti -- Despite political conflict that led to the ouster of former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide last February and the freezing of hundreds of millions of dollars in international aid, microfinance initiatives have flourished in Haiti in recent years.
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Rescuers are struggling to help the victims of tropical storm Jeanne, which has led to the death of over 2,000 people in northern Haiti, reports from the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince said.
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Insecurity continues to hamper relief efforts in northern Haiti, as rescue workers struggle to distribute relief supplies to thousands of flood victims in the city of Gonaives.
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Haiti's prime minister complained Thursday that the flow of international aid to his country is too slow and cumbersome, hampering a drive to boost development in the Western Hemisphere's poorest country.
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Rugged terrain, downed bridges, and the sheer volume of aid are slowing supply distribution.
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The rate of destruction of the Amazon rain forest is slowing, although ranchers, loggers and soybean farmers are illegally removing thousands of square miles of trees each year, the Brazilian government said Tuesday.
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Haiti&#39;s interim leader castigated the world Saturday, saying it has sent too few troops to prevent the kind of violence that killed at least 55 people in two weeks and then used the insecurity as an excuse that is delaying
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By Kearns, Ethan  News From the world of Trees  Four community groups in Louisiana are the first recipients of AMERICAN FORESTS grants to restore native tree canopy lost to Hurricane Katrina.
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Caribbean leaders again held off renewing ties with Haiti &#151; suspended since the ouster of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide &#151; citing concerns Tuesday over the way the U.S.-backed leadership is governing.
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Dead and dying trees essential for many other forms of forest life are in short supply, conservationists say.
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GONAIVES, Haiti  - Survivors of devastating  flooding in Haiti wandered mud-clogged streets in search of  food on Tuesday as officials said that in addition to 662  people killed, more than 1,000 were missing.
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The notion that forests are declining across the tropics is not proven, a study argues, because data is unclear.
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Nine months after a bloody uprising unseated Haiti's elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, hopes for a peaceful road back to democracy have all but vanished.
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GONAIVES, HAITI - The lines grew longer and the people more desperate as flood victims in this city begged for food and clean water in order to survive another day.
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After four hurricanes, intensive relief efforts cannot get traction helping people and whole industries cope.