New analysis of satellite and aerial photography: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/11/haiti-may-lose-all-primary-forest-by-2035-mass-extinction-underway/
Summarized: - *Analysis of satellite imagery and aerial photographs indicate that all of Haiti’s remaining primary forest will disappear in less than two decades if current deforestation rates continue. Results indicate primary forest cover in Haiti shrank from 4.4 percent in 1988 to just 0.32 percent in 2016, and that 42 of Haiti’s 50 largest mountains have lost all of their primary forest cover.* - *These forests are home to endangered animals found nowhere else in the world; researchers say the country is already experiencing a mass extinction event due to habitat loss.* - *Deforestation-intensified flooding has also been implicated in thousands of human deaths.* - *Researchers say Haiti’s forest loss is driven largely by charcoal production and agriculture.* Erik -- www.erikhoffner.com
